=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= SEARCHWIN2000 | Windows 2000 and Industry News December 14, 2001 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= ________________________________________________________________ ******************* Sponsored by VERITAS **********************
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IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS AND LINKS - SearchWin2000 Poll: The database race - Best Web Links: Certification - Win an Xbox: Help your peers - Books and Training: Finally, a coffee table book for geeks! - The Missing Link: Health, not music, is top teen Web lure _________________________________________________________________ ******************************************************************** LEAD STORY MS RELEASES MOTHER OF ALL SECURITY PATCHES | News: The Register A big, sticky and important patch is now available for Internet Explorer. Microsoft released it to plug four flaws, including one that could make IE believe that a potentially hazardous executable file was a different, more benign file, such as a text file that could be opened with minimal risk. A cracker could end up runing an executable on the user's system. The vulnerability only affects IE 6.0. MS says you need to patch it now. FOR MORE INFORMATION: Best Web Links on security: http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/bestWebLinks/0,289521,sid1_tax559,00.html Ask an expert about security: http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/ateQuestion/0,289624,sid1_tax285120,00.html Featured Topic on security: http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/featuredTopic/0,290042,sid1_gci751616,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= OTHER STORIES In addition to the headlines below, others are available on our news page. >> Full Stories: http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/news =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= GOKAR FIZZLES, LEAVING LITTLE DAMAGE BEHIND | News: searchSecurity The latest mass-mailing worm burns itself out after 24 hours. It spread via e-mail, mIRC chat channels and infected Web pages, but did little more than clog a few e-mail gateways. The same goes for Zacker, another mass-mailer picked up on Thursday. http://www.searchsecurity.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid14_gci786484,00.html MULTI-FOREST DEPLOYMENTS FOR AD ARE OK SOMETIMES | News: ENT Magazine This could be a sign that Microsoft is waking up and smelling the customer concerns. The company's group program manager for Active Directory told an audience at the MCP Techmentor Summit on AD that Redmond has gone overboard in preaching the single-forest Active Directory environments in the past. He said that multi-forest deployments are totally ok in certain situations. http://www.entmag.com/news/article.asp?EditorialsID=5122 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= ADDITIONAL SEARCHWIN2000 NEWS HEADLINES All headlines below and others are available on our news page >> Full Stories: http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/news - Web services heat up - Microsoft, Bank One in banking, messaging service partnership - Microsoft appoints internal legal-compliance officers ___________________________________________________________________ ********** Sponsored by VeriSign - The Value of Trust ************ FREE E-COMMERCE SECURITY GUIDE from VeriSign. Want to kick your online sales to the next level while protecting your company from online fraud? And do it QUICKLY, AFFORDABLY and SECURELY? 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For those of you seeking to include those sought-after security credentials on your resume, we've just added some great expert advice specific to that topic. http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/bestWebLinks/0,289521,sid1_tax541,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= WIN AN XBOX | Help your peers Tell your peers about the valuable industry news, technical tips and expert advice you get from searchWin2000 - and an XBox Video Game System could be yours. Click here for info on how to win: http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/referFriendContest/1,290949,sid1,00.html?promo_code=xbox =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- BOOKS AND TRAINING | Finally, a coffee table book for geeks! Need a gift idea for your favorite geeky friend? The Whatis.com Encyclopedia of Technology Terms is now available as a book. Free ground shipping for all U.S. residents - Also available for shipping outside of U.S. Find out more at http://whatis.com/WhatisBook. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= THE MISSING LINK | Health, not music, is top teen Web lure When young American Web surfers log on, what are they likely looking for? A Britney fix? An N'Sync chat room? Harry Potter showtimes? The Kaiser Family Foundation wanted to know. Its recent survey found that people between 15 and 24 years old spend more online time looking for health information than downloading music, playing games or chatting. So, are these youngsters digging up dirt on Stridex pads? Actually, many of them look for information on certain diseases, like cancer or diabetes. A smaller number surfs for some 411 on pregnancy, birth control, AIDS or sexually transmitted diseases. 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