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>SECURITY EXPERTS DISCOVER ROGUE CODE IN MICROSOFT SOFTWARE >A three-year-old piece of Microsoft software includes a secret password that >could be used to gain illegal access to hundreds of thousands of Web sites, >including site management files that could lead to customers' credit card >numbers. The code was discovered by two security experts who found within >the code the following message: "Netscape engineers are weenies!" Microsoft >is urging customers to delete the file, titled "dvwssr.dll," and plans to >send out an e-mail bulletin and post a warning on its Web site describing >the security hole. (AP/San Jose Mercury News 14 Apr 2000) >http://www.sjmercury.com/svtech/news/breaking/ap/docs/4267471.htm > http://www.newsscan.com/ janet paterson 53 now / 41 dx / 37 onset a new voice: http://www.geocities.com/janet313/ 613 256 8340 PO Box 171 Almonte Ontario Canada K0A 1A0