Re: IE 5.0 allows executing programs

[pauls () UTDALLAS EDU (Paul Schmehl)]

----- Original Message -----
From: Jens Benecke <jens () PINGUIN CONETIX DE>
To: <BUGTRAQ () SECURITYFOCUS COM>
Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 1999 12:01 PM
Subject: Re: IE 5.0 allows executing programs

[snip]
> That is not true. You can also download the Update files 'manually',
> without having to tell Microsoft about your digestion problems and
> grandmothers. It's hidden somewhere in
www.microsoft.com/windows/update/ or
> something, I'll dig out the URL in case anyone needs to know.

Well actually  (shock!!!) they've moved the page.  It's now at
http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com/ , but they don't have any of the
latest patches there.  You have to go to the Office Update site
(http://officeupdate.microsoft.com/ to find the the Excel ODBC patch
and the Microsoft Security site (http://www.microsoft.com/security/)
to find the Virtual Machine and scriptlet/Eyedog patches.