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Just a very brief update. Saw a quick news byte at SurfSafely.com from the Moreover news feed regarding 7 potential new critical flaws discovered in Microsoft Internet Explorer. Microsoft is said to be investigating the reports. The full article by the New York Times can ge read by clicking here. As with all computer communications products, especially those from Microsoft as they remain the primary target of hackers, we're again reminded we need to stay alert to security treats posed by inadequate quality controls.

Computer virus watch.
The Nigerian money laundering scam continues to fill email inboxes. Efforts to enforce criminal law across multinational boundaries is still very difficult and will likely never result in any penalties for the perpetrators. The only way this scam is going to stop is to stop people from responding to it. Once they realize they're wasting their time the scam will come to a natural conclusion. So pass it on. No one is going to deposit millions into your bank account and let you keep a percentage to help them funnel money out of their foreign countries. What they really want from you is enough banking info to drain your account. Nothing more.

Some viruses we're watching are W32/Mimail.i@MM, W32/Swen@MM and W32/Dumaru@MM. All are classified as medium Risk worms. Read more about these viruses at http://www.mcafee.com/anti-virus/.  Of interest to me this time around is that viruses are now becoming aware of P2P (Peer to Peer) applications like Kazza to spread themselves.  So, if the threat of a copyright infringement lawsuit isn't enough to deter you from sharing copyrighted files over the Internet, you can add this to your list of reasons why not to use Kazza.

Don't forget to keep your antivirus software up to date. Get your latest virus updates here:
Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.x patch
Mcafee updates
Norton updates
F-Secure updates

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Be informed,
Be involved,
Be well.

Sincerely,
Mark Brasche
Founder and CEO,
SurfSafely.com

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