"martin" wrote in message
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On Thu, 11 Sep 2003 21:33:59 +0000 (UTC), "Franz Heymann"
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"Stewart Robert Hinsley" wrote in message
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In article , Franz Heymann
notfranz.
writes

In view of the fact that there is a virus doing the rounds, (it tries
to
attack me on average 1.5 times daily) which purports to come from
Microsoft
and which includes an attachment which is said to cure something or
other,
I will not avail myself of this advice, however good it might be,
until I
hear from others who are brave enough to follow it.

There's a difference between downloading an official patch from
Microsoft, and executing an email attachment merely claiming to be a
patch (and in being in reality malware).

The vulnerability and patch don't apply to Windows 98 and some other
old
versions of Windows.

Ah, well, I am running Windows 98 and have no intention of upgrading.
Do you really mean that later versions have newly introduced
vulnerabilities
which did not exist on the older versions?

Yes.

Win 98 is not supported from 1-1-2004.

I have never needed any support from Microsoft since I bought my Windows 98.
When your doomsday arrives, if I still have enough marbles left to do it, I
will migrate from Windows to Linux.

Are there no Americans around who might care to prosecute Microsoft for
ceasing to support software for the use of which they were paid?

Franz