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Skriven 2010-08-31 17:04:20 av mark lewis (1:3634/12.0)
  Kommentar till text 61951 av ED VANCE (1:123/140)
Ärende: Flash, Java, etc. Updates
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ML>weatherbug is not the only one, either... incredimail is another... it is
ML>pertty nice and offers more features but it is basically a new skin on the
ML>outlook/OE dlls... as such, it is suceptible to the same bugs and security
ML>holes that outlook/OE are...

 EV> Mark,

 EV> Thanks for the Tutorial on DLLs in IE and OE.

you're welcome... it is the main idea of code reuse so that you don't have 15
apps with duplicated code to draw a square or message box and such... they can
all draw from one place and use the same code... of course, this also shows how
a hole in that one piece of code makes all of those apps using that dll
vulnerable...

 EV> Have You Removed IE and/or OE to get rid of those DLLs?

nope... ya can't remove them any more... their code is tied into the rest of
the system... the interface you use when you explore you drives is a variation
of the IE interface... that's one reason why the drive exploration tool is
called "explorer" and IE is called "internet explorer" ;)

 EV> Or even doing that did the DLLs remain in Your computer?

the only thing you can do is to ensure that your machine(s) have all the
available core and security updates applied to them... w9x, wme and w2k
versions are all out of date and no longer supported now... XP is pretty close
to being out the door as well... so if you have to reinstall clean with one of
these, there's no way to get the latest updates unless you have purchased the
last updates CD from m$... i don't even know if they have any more of those CD
left, either...

ML> EV> I don't need another problem right now!      ;-)

ML>:)

 EV> Thanks for Your sympathy towards me.

who says ya can't teach an old dog new tricks? :P ;)

)\/(ark

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