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Subject: Re: Microsoft Explorer -Reply
From: Scott Fagg <scott . fagg @ arup . com>
Date: Sun, 13 Apr 1997 21:47:03 +0000
To: firewalls @ greatcircle . com

I heard it could it erase your CD-ROMS!

The suggestion to turn this into a moderated list seems like an
appropriate move, at least to keep out the junk and personal
stuff. Some of the 'off-topic' stuff is not that bad, and usually
educational.

>>> Mike Johnson <mike .
 johnson @
 rtp .
 gtegsc .
 com> 12/April/1997
05:28am >>>
Ashram Beachoo wrote:
> 
> I've heard that the new fixes released for Microsoft Explorer
allow
> your hard drive to be scanned when the program is idle and
detects any
> Microsoft products that are unregistered.It then relays the info
to
> Microsoft who deal with the info appropriately.

It does this and more!  It will search for any credit card numbers
you may have written to a file on your machine, debit your
account,
and install automatically the newest version of Microsoft
software,
and delete any old copies of the program. Also, be careful if
you have Netscape Navigator on your machine, it will delete that
and replace it with a virus infected executable. Or, that's what
I've heard...
 
> Can someone shed some light on this for me?

Done.
 
> Ashram Beachoo
> Computer Software Technician
> 
> swamie @
 usa .
 net

Mike Johnson
mike .
 johnson @
 rtp .
 gtegsc .
 com
GTE Government Systems
All opinions are mine, not GTE's.




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