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10.30.2003 - MS03-042: Buffer Overflow in Windows Troubleshooter ActiveX Control Could Allow Code Execution (826232) Re-released



View Microsoft related news. A security vulnerability exists in the Microsoft Local Troubleshooter ActiveX control. The vulnerability exists because the ActiveX control (Tshoot.ocx) contains a buffer overflow that could allow an attacker to run code of their choice on a user’s system. Because this control is marked "safe for scripting", an attacker could exploit this vulnerability by convincing a user to view a specially crafted HTML page that references this ActiveX control. The Microsoft Local Troubleshooter ActiveX control is installed as a default part of the operating system on Windows 2000.
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10.29.2003 - FreeBSD 4.9 Officially Released



View FreeBSD related news. FreeBSD is an advanced operating system for x86 compatible, DEC Alpha, and PC-98 architectures. It is derived from BSD UNIX, the version of UNIX developed at the University of California, Berkeley. It is developed and maintained by a large team of individuals. Additional platforms are in various stages of development.
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10.29.2003 - MSfreePC Opens a Contribution Route for Microsoft Settlement Dollars to Fuel Linux Technology --Anti-Trust Settlement Dollars to Go to Linux Companies



View Linspire related news. SAN DIEGO --October 29, 2003 - MSfreePC (www.MSfreePC.com), a web service designed to help Microsoft customers (NASDAQ: MSFT) process their settlement claims will now funnel a percentage of each claim to popular Linux products.
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10.29.2003 - Microsoft Plus! Digital Media Edition Update 1.1.00.2428



View Microsoft related news. This Service Pack is an update for the released version of Microsoft Visual FoxPro 8.0. It contains improvements and addresses a number of known product issues.
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10.27.2003 - ProSource PC Responds to Reseller Demand for Linux-Loaded Computer Systems



View Linspire related news. SAN DIEGO October 27 -- Lindows.com and ProSource PC announced today the immediate availability of LindowsOS pre-loaded on a full line of configurable desktops and notebooks, offered by ProSource PC to resellers worldwide.
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10.23.2003 - MSN Messenger for Windows 6.1.0.0150 Ad-Remover



View Messenger related news. You can now get a hold of the ad remover for this build.
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10.22.2003 - Windows Messenger v5.0.0468



View Messenger related news. MSN Messenger lets you see when your friends are online and exchange instant messages with them. Send instant messages with cool, new emoticons, call anywhere in the world from your computer, see when someone's typing, page a contact's mobile phone, send pictures and music to your friends, and much more. You can also use this free program to make phone calls, send a message to a pager, trade pictures and music with your friends, and much more.
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10.22.2003 - LindowsDeveloper Program Connects Linux Developers with Exploding Desktop Linux User Base



View Linspire related news. SAN DIEGO, Oct. 22 -- Lindows.com Inc. today launched LindowsDeveloper Program (www.lindows.com/developer) a complete development solution designed to provide more tools and resources for developers looking to further drive desktop Linux to the mass market by improving and creating programs for Linux. To learn more about the LindowsDeveloper Program, visit www.lindows.com/developers.
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10.22.2003 - Microsoft OneNote 2003 60-Day Trial



View Microsoft-Office2003 related news. OneNote 2003 enables you to capture, organize, and reuse your notes electronically on laptop computers, desktop computers, or Tablet PCs. OneNote 2003 gives you one place for all your notes, and the freedom to organize them the way you want. It also helps you capture information in multiple ways and then organize and reuse that information according to your needs, helping you work with your notes and information more productively .
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10.22.2003 - MSN for Windows 9.00.0010.1601 Beta



View Microsoft-MSN related news. MSN is the all-in-one software from Microsoft that makes it easy to get more from the Web. It works with your existing Internet connection, allowing you to browse the web, e-mail and instant message friends, chat, listen to music and much more. Easily sign-in and access to your favorite MSN features and an integrated media player offers a great new way to find and play music and video. It supports up to 9 users, so everyone in your family has their own e-mail, buddies, favorite sites, etc. Innovative new automatic update mechanism delivers updates (service improvements and new features) to you.
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10.22.2003 - MSN Messenger for Windows 6.1.0.0150 Beta



View Messenger related news. MSN Messenger lets you see when your friends are online and exchange instant messages with them. Send instant messages with cool, new emoticons, call anywhere in the world from your computer, see when someone's typing, page a contact's mobile phone, send pictures and music to your friends, and much more. You can also use this free program to make phone calls, send a message to a pager, trade pictures and music with your friends, and much more.
Full View / NID: 1542 / Submitted by: Zero_Tolerance

10.21.2003 - Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 Enterprise Edition Evaluation



View Microsoft-Exchange related news. To compete successfully in today's challenging business climate, organizations must enable more efficient ways for information workers to communicate and collaborate. E-mail is currently the most widely used collaborative technology. More businesses use Exchange for e-mail-based collaboration than any other product. It enables information workers to gain access to critical business communications almost whenever and wherever they need to and is designed to deliver greater security, availability, and reliability. It sets a new benchmark for low total cost of ownership (TCO) by helping your information technology (IT) staff to do more with less through improved management tools.
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10.21.2003 - Windows Rights Management Client 1.0



View Microsoft related news. The Microsoft® Windows® Rights Management (RM) client is required for your computer to run applications that provide functionality based on Windows RM technologies. Installing this client places software on your computer that allows RM-aware applications to work with Windows Rights Management Services (RMS) to provide licenses for publishing and consuming RM-protected information.
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10.19.2003 - Microsoft DirectX 9.0b Redistributable Refresh



View Microsoft-DirectX related news. Microsoft DirectX is a group of technologies designed to make Windows-based computers an ideal platform for running and displaying applications rich in multimedia elements such as full-color graphics, video, 3D animation, and rich audio. DirectX 9.0 includes security and performance updates, along with many new features across all technologies, which can be accessed by applications using the DirectX 9.0 APIs. This release also resolves an issue with DirectX 9.0 where some multiplayer games or MSN Messenger may not work correctly. A number of minor bugs were also resolved.
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10.15.2003 - Exchange 5.5 Information Store Patch 2657.74 (829418)



View Microsoft-Exchange related news. Using the Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 client to modify rules or to import rules into a mailbox that is located on a Microsoft Exchange Server 5.5 computer can result in a server-side rule with a malformed property. The execution of rules in this condition may cause the Microsoft Exchange Information Store service to unexpectedly stop responding.
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10.15.2003 - ACC2002: The Updated Version of Microsoft Jet 4.0 - SP8 (829558)



View Microsoft related news. The Microsoft Office XP and Access 2002 Setup programs only update system files in certain situations and to a certain level. Therefore, after you install Access you may not have the latest version of the Microsoft Jet 4.0 database engine. To obtain the latest update for the Jet 4.0 database engine, you can download and install Microsoft Jet 4.0 Service Pack 8 (SP8).
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10.15.2003 - Microsoft Update Rollup 1 for Windows XP (826939)



View Microsoft related news. Microsoft has released Update Rollup 1 for Microsoft Windows XP. An update rollup is a cumulative set of hotfixes, security patches, critical updates, and updates that are packaged together for easy deployment. Update Rollup 1 for Windows XP is a single package that includes many previously released critical updates for Windows XP.
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10.15.2003 - MS03-047: Vulnerability in Exchange Server 5.5 Outlook Web Access Could Allow Cross-Site Scripting Attack (828489)



View Microsoft-Exchange related news. A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability results due to the way that Outlook Web Access (OWA) performs HTML encoding in the Compose New Message form.
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10.15.2003 - MS03-046: Vulnerability in Exchange Server Could Allow Arbitrary Code Execution (829436)



View Microsoft-Exchange related news. In Exchange Server 5.5, a security vulnerability exists in the Internet Mail Service that could allow an unauthenticated attacker to connect to the SMTP port on an Exchange server and issue a specially-crafted extended verb request that could allocate a large amount of memory. This could shut down the Internet Mail Service or could cause the server to stop responding because of a low memory condition.
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10.15.2003 - MS03-044: Buffer Overrun in Windows Help and Support Center Could Lead to System Compromise (825119)



View Microsoft related news. A security vulnerability exists in the Help and Support Center function which ships with Windows XP and Windows Server 2003. The affected code is also included in all other supported Windows operating systems, although no known attack vector has been identified at this time because the HCP protocol is not supported on those platforms. The vulnerability results because a file associated with the HCP protocol contains an unchecked buffer.
Full View / NID: 1484 / Submitted by: TACKtech Team
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