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Original Usenet message from alt.ascii-art, 9 Feb 2003.
Re: [OT] this is *not* spam

Re: [OT] this is *not* spam

On Sun, 9 Feb 2003 02:32:54 +0000, CJRandall
<col...@shieldwolf.demon.co.uk> wrote:

> Affected Software:
>    Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01   \   its core components for
>    Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5     > *ALL* Windows OS versions
>    Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0    /
> 
> Cumulative Patch:
>    http://www.microsoft.com/security/security_bulletins/ms03-004.asp

Ick -- this forces nearly everyone to upgrade to MSIE 6.0, as well as
NT-based OSs to upgrade to the latest SP:

> Installation platforms: 
> 
> * The IE 5.01 patch can be installed on the following systems running
>   IE 5.01 Service Pack 3: Windows 2000 Service Pack 3. 
> * The IE 5.5 patch can be installed on the following systems running
>   IE 5.5 Service Pack 2: Windows Millennium 
> * The IE 6.0 patch can be installed on the following systems running
>   IE 6.0 Gold: Windows XP Gold. 
> * The IE 6.0 Service Pack 1 patch can be installed on the following
>   systems running IE 6.0 Service Pack 1: Windows XP Service Pack 1,
>   Windows 2000 Service Pack 3, Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 6a, Windows
>   Millennium or Windows 98. 

(from
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/?url=/technet/security/bulletin/ms03-004.asp
; expand "Additional information about this patch")

Certainly, windowsupdate.microsoft.com only offers MSIE 6 as a download
for my Win98SE system, not a patch for the MSIE 5.5 I have installed.

Cheers,
Philip
-- 
Philip Newton <nos...@gmx.li>
That really is my address; no need to remove anything to reply.
If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate.

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From: Philip Newton <pne...@newton.digitalspace.net>
Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art
Subject: Re: [OT] this is *not* spam
Date: Sun, 09 Feb 2003 07:33:58 +0100
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