Homeland Security Warning

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The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is recommending that Windows Operating Systems users apply Microsoft security patch MS06-040 as quickly as possible. This security patch is designed to protect against a vulnerability that, if exploited, could enable an attacker to remotely take control of an affected system and install programs, view, change, or delete data, and create new accounts with full user rights.

http://www.dhs.gov/dhspublic/display?content=5789

(ed- a follow-up statement warning about the dangers of leaving windows open while away from your house is to be published later)

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Hum,
perhaps they are suggesting that all good patriots should stop using Windows, or that Microsoft has Al-Qaeda links?

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Hum,
Microsoft’s August 8 security patch, MS06-042 update, has a nasty habit of causing Internet Explorer to crash.
The problem affects Internet Exploder 6 with Service Pack 1 on Windows XP and Windows 2000 systems. If a user looks at a version 1.1 of HTTP alongside compression, the browser will crash.

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