I know there is not much going on RTF tonight, but could you *possibly* take the computer goober talk private?
RTR! [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "William H Evans" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, October 27, 2001 6:14 PM Subject: Re: [RollTideFan] Netscape vs Outlook 2K (non-Bama)(ANOTHER advantage) > 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 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
