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In more sophisticated--and malicious--hands, the defect can be used to insert a "Trojan horse," a program that can stealthily take over your PC and, for instance, grab your passwords. More than 17 million PCs have the affected versions of Microsoft's Outlook 98 and Outlook Express and Netscape...
So if you're one of the unlucky millions who use the affected products, what should you do? Back up your hard drive. Get the patches now. (And if you keep the original programs on disks, label them so you'll remember the patch if you ever reinstall.) Better yet...
Microsoft scrambled to cover up the code hole by posting a software patch on its web site Monday; trouble is, it didn't fix the problem. A working patch is expected from both Microsoft and Netscape soon. Advises TIME tech columnist Joshua Quittner, "If you use one of the affected...
Narayanamurti said that both academic disciplines and average citizens are being affected by the increasing use of technology.
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