2000-11-10 I subscribe to this newsletter and I decided to forward it to the USMA list as even they advocate UPDATES. Most the updates they provide via catch-up is FREE. So, for those of you still stuck in the 90's mode with obsolete software, take their advice at enter the new millenium with new software, so we don't have to hear anymore whining about HTML. John -----Original Message----- From: CNET CatchUp [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, 2000-11-09 14:27 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Security Patches, New Releases, and Tips CNET | CatchUp.com Dispatch Security Patches, New Releases, and Tips November 9, 2000 Vol. 1, No. 13 As we anxiously wait for the U.S. presidential election results, there is only one thing to do: Update! It takes four years to update a president, but there's no reason to wait four years to update your software. Launch CatchUp now to find the latest software updates. And with CatchUp you won't have to wait for results; it finds all the latest updates in a snap. Nate Saal ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Director, CNET CatchUp Click here to run CatchUp: http://two.digital.cnet.com/cgi-bin2/flo?y=eBGJ0rQje0Eq0CIu5 (Unsubscribe instructions can be found at the bottom of this newsletter.) _________________________________________________________________ IN THIS ISSUE: 1. Updates: New Releases 2. This Week's Top 10 Updates 3. News: Many New Security Vulnerabilities Detected 4. Tips: Speed Up Your Drive With Disk Defragmenter 5. Feedback: CatchUp Suggestions _________________________________________________________________ 1. Updates: New Releases CatchUp is constantly scouring the Web for new updates so you don't have to. Here are just a few of the updates from this week: 1. Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 SP1 2. Eudora Pro 5.01 Beta 3 3. Babylon 3.1 Build 13 4. ICQ Surf 1.11 Build 135 5. MusicMatch Jukebox 6.00.0244 Beta 6. AOL Instant Messenger 4.3 7. Irfan View 32 3.30 8. NeoPlanet 5.2.0.1563 9. Microsoft Word 2000 Mail Merge Security Vulnerability 10. Serv U FTP Server 2.5h Find these and more at: http://two.digital.cnet.com/cgi-bin2/flo?y=eBGJ0rQje0Eq0CIu5 _________________________________________________________________ 2. This Week's Top 10 CatchUp Updates 1. Microsoft Java Virtual Machine http://two.digital.cnet.com/cgi-bin2/flo?y=eBGJ0rQje0Eq0Y1QS 2. Microsoft DCOM for Windows 98 http://two.digital.cnet.com/cgi-bin2/flo?y=eBGJ0rQje0Eq0Y1PR 3. Microsoft Windows Installer http://two.digital.cnet.com/cgi-bin2/flo?y=eBGJ0rQje0Eq0ZBEY 4. Shockwave ActiveX Flash Player http://two.digital.cnet.com/cgi-bin2/flo?y=eBGJ0rQje0Eq0DbeG 5. HyperTerminal http://two.digital.cnet.com/cgi-bin2/flo?y=eBGJ0rQje0Eq0ZBFZ 6. Adobe Acrobat Reader http://two.digital.cnet.com/cgi-bin2/flo?y=eBGJ0rQje0Eq0DbjL 7. Microsoft Office 2000 SR-1a http://two.digital.cnet.com/cgi-bin2/flo?y=eBGJ0rQje0Eq0DbmO 8. Microsoft Data Access Components http://two.digital.cnet.com/cgi-bin2/flo?y=eBGJ0rQje0Eq0DbgI 9. Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 SP-1 http://two.digital.cnet.com/cgi-bin2/flo?y=eBGJ0rQje0Eq0ZJ7S 10. IomegaWare Tools http://two.digital.cnet.com/cgi-bin2/flo?y=eBGJ0rQje0Eq0DbfH *************************************** advertisement *********** Visit CNET's mySimon for all Your Non-Tech Holiday Shopping Comparison shop for the best online prices in categories from sports equipment, books, music, and movies, to cooking, garden tools, and even gift certificates. Save time and money this holiday season by shopping for all gifts online. http://two.digital.cnet.com/cgi-bin2/flo?y=eBGJ0rQje0Eq0ZGCb ***************************************************************** 3. News: Many New Security Vulnerabilities Detected Within the last month, Microsoft and its partners have released 15 different patches for newly identified security vulnerabilities. >From Microsoft Word and Internet Explorer to Windows 2000 and the IIS Web server, many Microsoft products have become potential targets of malicious people. CatchUp can help. First, make sure to subscribe to the CatchUp Security Alert email notification service; you'll get an alert as new security patches are made available. This is a free notification service that you can subscribe to from the CatchUp home page at http://www.catchup.com/. Next, see if you are currently susceptible to many of the known security vulnerabilities already identified by running CatchUp Security Fixes: http://two.digital.cnet.com/cgi-bin2/flo?y=eBGJ0rQje0Eq0CIw7 _________________________________________________________________ 4. Tips: Speed Up Your Drive With Disk Defragmenter As your computer's hard drive fills up, the system often splits a single file into pieces and saves them to different parts of the drive. Over time this can mean system slowdowns, as your PC struggles to reconnect the segments. Defragmenting your hard drive pulls those bits back together. Under Windows 98, the Disk Defragmenter does more than simply group the files; it also has a new technology that reorders the clusters of the program files you use the most so that the programs will run faster. Some programs (most notably Microsoft Office programs) tend to start up considerably faster after you defrag. The first time you run Defrag, you'll see an Optimization Wizard that sets up a log of program usage to aid in speeding up the programs you use most often. To get started, select Start/Programs/Accessories/System Tools/Disk Defragmenter (click Settings and make sure that the option Rearrange Program Files So My Programs Start Faster is checked). It's best to leave your computer alone while defragmenting goes on, as it slows the system to a crawl and stops whenever a piece of data gets written to the disk. _________________________________________________________________ 5. Feedback: CatchUp Suggestions Tell us what features you want, and we will make CatchUp meet your needs. If you have constructive suggestions and feedback, we would like to hear them. 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