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To: _scar_face_ who wrote (63855)	12/21/2001 9:38:49 AM
From: nnillionaire	Respond to of 74651

From today's WSJ: Major Holes Are Discovered In Security of Windows XP Microsoft Acknowledges Serious Risk, Urges Users to Download Software Patch interactive.wsj.com (excerpt) WASHINGTON -- Microsoft Corp.'s newest version of Windows, billed as the most secure ever, contains several serious flaws that could allow hackers to steal or destroy a victim's data files across the Internet or implant rogue computer software. The company released a free fix Thursday. A Microsoft official acknowledged that the risk to consumers was unprecedented because the glitches allow hackers to seize control of all Windows XP operating system software without requiring a computer user to do anything except connect to the Internet.