[KLUG Members] Blasting the lists: Stop using MS IE *NOW*!

[Richard Zimmerman]

I was just reading about it, one has suggested disabling active scripting in
IE5+

Richard

I'll forward the email


----- Original Message -----
From: "Bryan-TheBS-Smith" <b.j.smith@ieee.org>
To: <members@kalamazoolinux.org>
Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2001 2:49 PM
Subject: [KLUG Members] Blasting the lists: Stop using MS IE *NOW*!


> In case you haven't heard, Windows is getting its "Ramen"-like worm
> where it uses a combination of exploits to gain access:
> http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/09/18/151203&mode=thread
>
> But now there's a new twist, noting the "update" at the bottom.
> Compromised systems will serve up a readme.eml that MS IE 5
> automatically executes.  So even desktop systems can be
> compromised.  Way to go Microsoft!
>
> -- TheBS
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