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To: Swordmaker
Steven Gibson Of Gibson Research Corporation has posted a workaround: disable the dll via the Run command until Microsoft releases an official fix. The larger problem of course is Windows was designed with ease of use rather than security in mind. That ease of use makes it easy to run Windows but it also unfortunately makes it attractive to hackers. Those of us running Mac OSX don't have to worry about security flaws for OSX was built first and foremost with security in mind. All you really need is the built-in firewall and you can beef it up with a third party product like Intego's NetBarrier. In OSX you don't need at present anti-virus software. Microsoft is just playing catch-up in the realm of computing security. Apple already had the bases covered.

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165 posted on 01/03/2006 1:02:37 AM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
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166 posted on 01/03/2006 1:08:27 AM PST by KneelBeforeZod (Someday a real rain will come and wipe this scum off the streets.)
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