Hi Nick! In message mid:20021018120126.4F21.ANDRIASH@;shaw.ca on Friday, October 18, 2002, 2:07:25 PM, you wrote:
>> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS02-054.asp NA> Thanks Marcus... I have read the article, but I still remain skeptical. NA> Why? Because if that were true, the entire Computing World would be up in NA> arms about it. Anti-Virus Software Companies would be scrambling to NA> produce Programs that would automatically delete all *.zip files if simply NA> opening an archive to view the contents would in itself unleash the virus. Read the article more carefully -- first, simply viewing the list of files in the archive is ok. The problem comes when extracting the files. Second, it applies only to Microsoft's uncompression code, not to third party code, such as you would find in antivirus programs, or third-party archive utilities. Third, the fix is already available via WindowsUpdate for WinME and WinXP (it doesn't mention it for XP, but I checked and my system is patched already), so anyone who is on the internet and has their system set up properly (hint, hint) has the fix already. -- --Scott. mailto:Wizard@;local.nu Using The Bat! 1.61 under Windows XP 5.1 Build 2600 on an AMD Athlon XP 1900 (1.6G real, 1.9G effective) with 512MB. ________________________________________________ Current version is 1.61 | "Using TBUDL" information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
