Just to add to the previous alert posted by Chris Salter earleir, this
came this
morning on 'InfoBeat':
"*** Security gap found in e-mail programs
Some popular e-mail programs have a security flaw that could allow
hackers to erase files or wreak other damage on users' systems, The
San Jose Mercury News reported Tuesday. The report called the flaw a
"gaping hole" in the e-mail programs and said some experts believe it
to be the biggest such problem to surface in a decade. The flaw,
discovered by computer security experts in Finland, affects two
Microsoft Corp. e-mail programs - Outlook Express and Outlook 98 -
and Netscape Communications Corp.'s Web browser. Microsoft officials
were not available to comment, but Netscape said it was working on a
patch to fix the security hole and should have one available in two
weeks. See
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2555288498-56f
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