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> From: David P. Dillard [mailto:jwne@astro.ocis.temple.edu]
> Sent: Tuesday, August 03, 1999 2:54 AM
> To: Diversity University Collabertory
> Subject: [DUC] INFO/NYT: Computer Email Virus Security Holes Researched
> by Computerand Software Manufacturers
> 
> 	Increasingly dangerous security holes are subject of computer
> company research and the excerpted and linked New York Times article below.
> 
> Sincerely,
> David Dillard
> Temple University
> (215) 204 - 4584
> jwne@astro.temple.edu
> 
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Source:  New York Times (NYT)
> Author:  SARA ROBINSON
> Title:      Software Makers Scramble to Address Security Flaws
> Source Date:  August 3, 1999
> Resource Type:  News Article
> Description/Keywords:  Microsoft, Security Flaws, Virus Attacks,
> Antivirus Software
> URL:  Listed Below Article Summary
> 
> August 3, 1999
>           Software Makers Scramble to Address
>           Security Flaw
>           By SARA ROBINSON
> 
>                 Microsoft, Hewlett-Packard and Compaq Corporation are
> scrambling to address a rash of serious security vulnerabilities in
> software designed to interact with Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser.
> 
>           The flaws were posted last week on Ntbugtraq, a security
> mailing list.
> 
>           These bugs are particularly insidious because
>           they allow abusers to plant arbitrary programs
>           on a computer merely by sending an e-mail or
>           convincing a user to visit a malicious Web page.
> 
>           The user would receive no security warnings
>           since the programs exploiting the flaws bypass
>           the security controls of Internet Explorer and
>           pass undetected through anti-virus traps.
>           Moreover, unlike the Melissa virus or the
>           Explore.exe worm, programs that exploit these
>           new security bugs don't require the user to click
>           on an attachment; rather, such programs can be
>           activated if a user merely reads a malicious
>           e-mail while online.
> 
> An abstracted citation for this story will be archived in an edition of
> E-Carm News at http://www.ecarm.org
> 
> Full Story and Website Listings for Security Information May Be Read At:
> http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/99/08/biztech/articles/03soft.html
> 


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