Microsoft has issued it's highest warning to all windows operating system users from Windows 98 to Windows XP. A flaw exists in all versions that could allow root access to ANY computer.
Windows Versions Affected:

Microsoft Windows 98
Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition
Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition (Windows Me)
Microsoft Windows NT® 4.0
Microsoft Windows NT 4.0, Terminal Server Edition
Microsoft Windows 2000
Microsoft Windows XP

There is an article about it here:
http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/sil...ws/5430593.htm

So go to windows update now and get it sorted since the time between announcements and attacks is getting a lot shorter.

It looks serious, this hole has been around for ages, nearly 5 years! For those who want the techie details (like me) here is Microsoft's article with links to updates:
www.microsoft.com

Garth Farley

Thanks guys I'll take a look at this. I'm really big on Security well as big as you can be on Microsoft. But this sound about there speed I'm really surprised that I haved gone the way of Unix or Linux. I think the only answer is that I play a lot of games and I'm not to sure about a Unix or Linux Box for that. Well Thanks again guys.

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