Thanks for the heads up, Chuck. I installed the latest updates this
morning.
Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
On 11/12/2014 9:44 AM, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
Basic announcement here
<http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-30019976>
Much more detail here
<http://krebsonsecurity.com/2014/11/adobe-microsoft-issue-critical-security-fixes-3/#more-28583>
In a nutshell, IBM discovered a serious hole in the Microsoft secure
communications protocol that has been there for 18 years and affects
Win 95, 98, 2000, XP, etc, etc. It allows complete takeover of your
machine without your knowledge. The good news is that there is no
indication that anyone has actually exploited this yet. The bad new
is that they will (and soon now that it's known) The remaining bad
new is that for those older versions noted above there will be no fix
updates.
As near as I can tell it really only affects Internet Explorer, some
parts of MS Office and the security utility called EMET. If you don't
know what EMET is you don't have it since you must very deliberately
install it and understand its usage. For users of old versions of
Windows you may be able to circumvent the problem by using a different
browser. But make your own determination.
Chuck Norcutt
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