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To: gnuman who wrote (40392)	11/14/1997 6:11:00 PM
From: Richard P. Roberts	Respond to of 186894

IMAGINE BILL GATES IN A WHITE HAT Reuters Friday, November 14, 1997 at 16:29 SANTA CLARA, Calif., Nov 14 (Reuters) - Intel Corp said on Friday it released software to fix a potentially serious flaw with its Pentium and Pentium MMX computer chips. Earlier this week, Intel discovered a design error that would allow a malicious programmer to freeze the operations of a personal computer or network server. Because of a potential security threat, the flaw raised concerns among some customers. Intel said it worked with software vendors, including Microsoft Corp (NASDAQ:MSFT), on "an accelerated timeline" to create a software "patch" that blocks exploitation of the flaw. Computer users concerned about the bug would have to contact their operating system vendor -- primarily, Microsoft -- to get the patch, said Tom Waldrop, Intel spokesman. Three years ago, Intel was widely ridiculed for a Pentium bug that returned wrong answers for some arithmetic problems. Since then, the company has moved quickly to fix any new flaws that are discovered. Copyright 1997, Reuters News Service