Re: All patches, but still exploited

From: Roger Abell [MVP] (mvpNoSpam_at_asu.edu)
Date: 04/10/04

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    OK, as no one has asked this, in what groups is the account
    you were using when browsing ? Good idea ?

    If this happened to you in W2k3 I would bet it would also happen
    to you were you using XP. 

    -- 
Roger Abell
Microsoft MVP (Windows Server System: Security)
MCDBA,  MCSE W2k3+W2k+Nt4
"Greg" <nospam@nospam.com> wrote in message 
news:u8Mk3oqHEHA.3012@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> I'm running Windows 2003 and have all of the patches.  I was just browsing
> the Internet and hit a site that had a few popup windows that the Google
> toolbar didn't catch and then all of the sudden I had a Windows box saying
> it needed the Windows 2003 CD to restore files that were overwritten and
> were unknown.  I've saved the URL of the site that had the popups that
> caused this, where can I report it so it gets fixed?
>
> By the way, this is the second time this has happened since installing
> Windows 2003 two months ago.  I never had this problem with Windows XP.
>
> Thanks.
>
>
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