Hallo zusammen, vielleicht ist das wichtig. CERT ist eine verlaessliche Source :-). Gruss Klaus ----------------------------------------------------------------- There have been numerous incidents recently of a fake upgrade for MS Internet Explorer being passed around via email. Below is the partial contents of a CERT Coordination Center advisory on the subject. Updates to Internet Explorer are available from Microsoft's site, not via email. In general, do not install *anything* unless you are sure that it is from a valid source. The full text of the CERT advisory is at: http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-99-02-Trojan-Horses.html Information and patches for acknowledged MS IE security problems can be found at: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/security/default.asp >From CERT Advisory CA-99-02-Trojan-Horses: "Recent reports indicate wide distribution of an email message which claims to be a free upgrade to the Microsoft Internet Explorer web browser. However, we have confirmed with Microsoft that they do not provide patches or upgrades via electronic mail... The email message contains an attached executable program called Ie0199.exe. After installation, this program makes several modifications to the system and attempts to contact other remote systems... At least one version of the Trojan horse is accompanied by a message which reads, in part: As an user of the Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Corporation provides you with this upgrade for your web browser. It will fix some bugs found in your Internet Explorer. To install the upgrade, please save the attached file (ie0199.exe) in some folder and run it. The above message is not from Microsoft."
