Microsoft has released a patch that eliminates a security vulnerability in Microsoft® virtual machine (Microsoft VM). If a malicious web site operator were able to coax a user into visiting his site, the vulnerability could allow him to take ANY desired action on a visiting user's machine (such as creating, changing or deleting data, sending data to or receiving data from a web site, reformatting the hard drive, and so forth).
This vulnerability could even be exploited through an e-mail message. A malicious user could use an html formatted e-mail to exploit this vulnerability and allow a message to execute within the Preview pane. If the e-mail client is configured to run in the Restricted sites zone the malicious message would not be able to execute.
If you're using IE 4.x or IE 5.x, you definitely have a version of the VM that's affected by the vulnerability. It doesn't matter what other software you have installed; if IE 4.x or 5.x are installed, you have an affected version of the VM.
Even if you're not using a version of the IE that is affected by the vulnerability, you could still have an affected version of the Microsoft VM, as it ships as part of other products like Visual Studio. In this case, the best course is to determine the build number for the version of the Microsoft VM you are using and see if you have an affected version.
All users that have an affected version of the Microsoft VM should install the new VM build. Download the Microsoft "VM ActiveX Component" Vulnerability Patch from the links below
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Submitted by WHAT I SAY GOES (not verified) onMICROSOFT HAVE THE CRAPEST SECURITY SYSTEMS IN ALL OF THEIR PROGRAMS. DON'T MICROSOFT UNDERSTAND THE WORD 'HACKERS'??? MICROSOFT JUST DON'T CARE AND THEIR IN THE MONEY SO WHY SHOULD THEY. TIME SOMEBODY PRODUCED AN OS THAT IS SAFE TO USE WITH SECURE PROGRAMS ON IT. NETSCAPE HARDLY HAS ANY PROBLEMS LIKE THIS!
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Submitted by Mak Hon Kit (not verified) onThe MIcrosoft VM 3316 which is the previous one made my computer always have illegal operations. Sometimes hangs when loading a few homepage using a few internet explorers. I hope this 3318 can stop these problems. Netscape maybe slower when opening it, but it hardly has this kind of problems.
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Submitted by HEy (not verified) onThey one over me have absolutely right!!!Or have anybody here anything heard about those probz in Netscape?NO
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Submitted by educated (not verified) onwhy is it so hard to spell words correctly? Put down the joystick and pick up a dictionary.
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Submitted by Lou (not verified) onThis is to "WHAT I SAY GOES", You swine, quit your *******' and just download the patch, Microsoft has produced some of the best working, user friendly software out there today, if you don't realize that, then you are a ****in' sheltered little *****.
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Submitted by Onslought_13 (not verified) onLinux is the best.But i use Windows ME since there is a lot of stuff for windows.
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Submitted by Rewind (not verified) onACK! You fools! Don't use Netscape! It is the worst crap ever! That is the one thing I hate about Linux... you have to use Netscape for most of your net stuff. It is THE WORST BROWSER EVER!!! It makes all my site designs look wierd, and it doesn't support a ton of things.Take a look at one of my sites in IE 5.5:[url removed] look at it in Nescape..AGH! It looks like crap! And so do tons of other sites! Those moron need to learn how to write a browser!Rewind
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Submitted by pete bog (not verified) onHA HA HA HA HA HA you sould have used lynx LOL
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Submitted by mark (not verified) onpetebogs linux one £4 from [url removed]
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Submitted by Rees (not verified) onAnother example of quality of M$'s products!
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Submitted by Rewind (not verified) onLynx is not even GUI based!Anyway, that doesn't change the fact that Netscape sux. Here are some more sites for u to compair. Look at them in IE, then in Netscape to notice how much crappier Netscape is:[url removed] the sidebar... or lack of!)[url removed] it doesn't work at all!)[url removed] (notice the menu)[url removed] the buttons on the poll)Anyway, Netscape is terriable! Use Mozilla or IE!Rewind
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Submitted by Dark Shadow (not verified) onThe only reason the pagers look crape in netscape is cause the webmaster is to laze to make it work in both.He most likly using M$ frontpage which ONLY use codes the M$IE likes.Yep another 'Gates' app.Just like movie maker that goes with M$MEIt can read avi, mpg ect but only save in asf which ONLY M$ media player can read.Personly I like to have a choose in what apps ect I use, thank you.
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Submitted by JOSEMACR (not verified) onThank you for your information. I have reasons to believe that this breach ofreliability is being used by certain web masters in the xxx line. ok
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Submitted by van nieuwenhove (not verified) onle telecharger
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Submitted by spud (not verified) onwheres the link ?
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Submitted by christian (not verified) onjag vill ha red alert
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Submitted by Richard Davis (not verified) onNice one, but what about der weg ? anywya, congrats from me.
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