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General Forums => Hardware and Software => Topic started by: mrsid2 on February 11, 2002, 04:47:44 AM
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Researchers Discover Serious Hole in Popular Internet Security Program
By D. Ian Hopper The Associated Press
Published: Feb 8, 2002
WASHINGTON (AP) - A programming mistake in a popular consumer Internet protection program can give hackers control over a user's computer, the publisher disclosed Friday.
All current versions of BlackICE Defender and BlackICE Agent, both made by Atlanta-based Internet Security Systems, running on Microsoft Windows 2000 and Windows XP are vulnerable to the attack.
Read the whole story here (http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGAQ8QFQGXC.html)