When your IT chief sends out a warning that talks about "mayhem" when you install a Service Pack that is about to be pushed to your whole network, that's when I get nervous. Hopefully it's just because this is the RC2, right? Someone make me feel better here.... Begin forwarded message: > From: Les Cummings <[log in to unmask]> > Date: July 23, 2004 1:15:43 PM CDT > To: Jon Hamm <[log in to unmask]>, Brad Pazoureck > <[log in to unmask]>, 'Kelsey Kennedy' <[log in to unmask]>, > Todd Walker <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: FW: Windows XP Service Pack 2: Install With Care.. > Received: by mail.omrf.ouhsc.edu id > <[log in to unmask]>; Fri, 23 Jul 2004 13:15:43 > -0500 > Message-Id: > <[log in to unmask]> > Mime-Version: 1.0 > Content-Type: text/plain > > FYI... > Les > > -----Original Message----- > From: CRN Security Solutions > [mailto:[log in to unmask]] > Sent: Friday, July 23, 2004 1:09 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Windows XP Service Pack 2: Install With Care > > Welcome To CRN's Security Solutions Newsletter, > Friday, July 23, 2004 > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > TODAY'S SPONSOR: TECHXNY > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > Come and see more than 450 suppliers of technology solutions at > TechXNY-New York's Technology Week, Oct. 5-7 at the Jacob Javits > Center in Manhattan. 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But in an evaluation of a RC2 version > of SP2, the CRN Test Center finds that mayhem that can occur when the > Service Pack is loaded onto a system. > > http://newsletter.crn.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eiTh0GA7oP0ElQ0Cfie0AF > > Instant Messages Carry Latest Phishing Scams > Security experts reported that instant-message advertising links to > malicious URLs have begun appearing, and such URLs could be phony > Web sites used for phishing scams. > > http://newsletter.crn.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eiTh0GA7oP0ElQ0Cfif0AG > > Man Charged With Hacking Acxion Database Company > A Florida man has been charged with stealing large amounts of > consumer information from Acxiom, one of the world's largest > database companies. > > http://newsletter.crn.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eiTh0GA7oP0ElQ0Cfig0AH > > Symantec Nearly Doubles Revenue > Symantec has reason to celebrate. 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