Late Friday, October 3rd, Microsoft finally released another cumulative patch for their often-exploited Internet Explorer. This patch repairs another CRITICAL vulnerability which has had the the Internet security community quite worried.

Without this patch, malicious code can be downloaded into your system and executed when visiting a malicious web site or simply receiving and previewing or opening malicious eMail. Exploits of this serious vulnerability have been found "in the wild" so this is no longer a "theoretical" vulnerability. These links will take you to Microsoft's pages to retrieve the patches:

http://www.microsoft.com/security/security_bulletins/MS03-040.asp

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS03-040.asp

This is something you'll want to do sooner rather than later.

Important!!

If you haven't already done so, patch your computer to prevent the current Internet worm from infecting you.

The links:

If you have Windows 2000 go here: Link

If you have Windows XP go here: Link

Install the update and reboot your system. If you are unable to get to the internet because your system keeps rebooting, go to Start | Run | and type Shutdown -a (this will only work in Windows XP). This will abort the shutdown of your system and allow you to get to the Internet long enough to download the update. If you are reading this on my web site, then you obviously can get to the Internet (or you're reading this on a computer that isn't infected). Once you are patched, update your antivirus software's definition files. If you don't have antivirus software, stay tuned, I'll help you with that too. (click on Read More...)

Affected Products (versions prior to those listed below may also be vulnerable):

FlashFXP 2.0 build 905

SmartFTP 1.0.973

LeapFTP 2.7.3.600

FTP Voyager 10.0.0.0

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