All of those IM programs (AIM, MSIM, Yahoo's version, etc.), are bad. Not only for the "spying" that goes on with them by the companies, but they have security loop-holes that can be exploited. I'd get your grandchildren to just use email. Or if some type of IM MUST be used, do some research to find out which is the most secure and BE SURE they patch it with all the security updates and patches, and use a firewall. They are probably "wide open" right now.
Remember the old saying, "ignorance is bliss". LOL! ;-) Another way of looking at it is if you install what you need, then you'll worry less. Some of these things are just disasters waiting to happen. And we have cyberterrorists to thank for that. -Clint God Bless Clint Hamilton, Owner http://OrpheusComputing.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Harold B." Hello again, I say this a little bit in jest but thanks to Clint (and now I see Peter is also in the Secunia parade), I'm being introduced into a whole new "world of worry" ... as though life doesn't throw any other curve balls at people. In fact, I now boodmarked <http://secunia.com/> which is telling me I have to be careful with Instant Messenger (which I use with my grandchildren; a program very popular with kids), and my MSOffice 2000, which this last posting says is also in trouble. Life's been good to me; I don't have problems. What am I supposed to do now, look foe them? Again, no offense meant to anyone; both Clint and Peter are heads and shoulders above the average people I know and contribute mucho to helping others. It's just that there's a bit of irony in these reports in that I enjoy a life with minimum stress and Secunia has other plans for me. --- Harold > > TITLE: > Microsoft Office Long Link Buffer Overflow Vulnerability > SECUNIA ADVISORY ID: > SA20748 > RELEASE DATE: > 2006-06-20 > VERIFY ADVISORY: > http://secunia.com/advisories/20748/ ============= PCWorks Mailing List ================= Don't see your post? Check our posting guidelines & make sure you've followed proper posting procedures, http://pcworkers.com/rules.htm Contact list owner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Unsubscribing and other changes: http://pcworkers.com =====================================================
