Microsoft has a very bad habit of not only leaving gaping security holes in their software but they also secretly sneak in code to send directory listings of the contents of your HD (and other things) back to Microsoft HQ in Redmond, Washington.
Every time they have been exposed for these privacy breaches they say "Oh, we are sorry, we didn't mean to do that. That was only supposed to be in the Beta test." and they have a patch the next day that stops sending back info about your 'puter to Micro$oft. It always kills me how 'quickly' they can 'fix' these problems. It would be a good idea for everyone to visit: http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com/ and click on 'Product Update' and let it install any 'critical' or 'security' update that you see listed. I just checked for my machine and there was a security update (dated 10/10/01) for IE 5.5 SP 2 that I needed to install. Hugh - you are a brave man to be running Win XP before it has been thoroughly investigated by the tech community. Back up your data. bill evans Hartselle, AL [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Sat, 27 Oct 2001 09:41:13 -0500 "Rick McMahan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Clue me in Johnny, what do you mean, broadcast secret information? > ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/. To unsubscribe from this list just send an e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a BLANK subject line and the single word "UNSUBSCRIBE" (without the quotes) in the body or visit http://www.RollTideFan.net
