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01. Microsoft Puts Bounty On Virus Writers.

This week, Microsoft announced the creation of the Anti-Virus Reward Program, initially funded with $5 million (U.S.), to help law enforcement agencies identify and bring to justice those who illegally release damaging worms, viruses and other types of malicious code on the Internet. Microsoft will provide the monetary rewards for information resulting in the arrest and conviction of those responsible for launching malicious viruses and worms on the Internet. Residents of any country are eligible for the reward, according to the laws of that country, because Internet viruses affect the Internet community worldwide.

As part of the Reward Program, Microsoft announced the first two bounties in the amount of $250,000 each for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible for unleashing the MSBlast worm and Sobig virus.

"Malicious worms and viruses are criminal attacks on everyone who uses the Internet," said Brad Smith, senior vice president and general counsel at Microsoft. "Even as we work to make software more secure and educate users on how to protect themselves, we are also working to stamp out the criminal behavior that causes this problem. These are not just Internet crimes, cybercrimes or virtual crimes. These are real crimes that hurt a lot of people. Those who release viruses on the Internet are the saboteurs of cyberspace, and Microsoft wants to help the authorities catch them."

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02. Internet Explorer 6 SP1 Updates

This week, Microsoft has released a two updates for Internet Explorer 6 Service Pack 1, fixing a number of flaws:

Internet Explorer Unexpectedly Quits When You Use It to View a Web Page That Contains VML
Internet Explorer May Unexpectedly Close When You Leave the Pointer on the Text in the DHTML Editor

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04. Recent Support BBS Postings

Dynamic or Basic Disk? - Windows XP
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05. Recommended Web sites

Each month we will feature a few Web sites here, ones which sent us the most visitors to our Web site in the previous month. We would encourage you to visit these popular Web sites yourself!

Here are some sites in the Top 15 for October 2003:

ExtremeTech - Deep technology for enthusiasts and professionals.
PC Pitstop - Help you to get your PC in top form -- running fast, stable and secure.
WinXPDigest - Windows XP News and Headlines.
About Wireless/Networking - Computer Networking - Networking Tutorials and Terms.
SoftwareTipsandTricks.com - Provides Tips and Tricks for Software's, Hot Downloads of the Week, Interesting Articles and Support Forums.
Kelly's XP Korner - Troubleshooting Windows XP pages by MVP Kelly Theriot.

The Top 15 sites are listed on our Web site.

06. Web Site Updates

These pages were added/updated in the past week. Information on previously updated/added pages is available on the What's New? page for 1 month.

RoseCitySoftware.com

Updated: LinkStash 1.6.1.0 released

Windows-Help.NET

Updated: Internet Explorer 6 SP1 Updates November 6, 2003
Added: Microsoft Releases Windows Rights Management Services (RMS) 1.0

Windows XP

Added: Windows XP SP1 USB 1.1 and 2.0 Update
Updated: Windows XP Updates: Wireless Update Rollup Package for Windows XP

07. Office 2003 Critical Update

This update fixes an issue in Microsoft Word 2003, Microsoft Excel 2003 and Microsoft PowerPoint 2003 that occurs when opening a file last edited and saved in Office 2000. Under this specific scenario it is possible for graphic content to be inadvertently lost on save.

For more information on this update, see the Microsoft Knowledge Base article 828041.

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08. Windows XP Update: Windows XP SP1 USB 1.1 and 2.0 Update

This update addresses the "Availability of the Windows XP SP1 USB 1.1 and 2.0 Update" issue in Windows XP and is discussed in Microsoft Knowledge Base (KB) Article 822603. Download now to install the Windows XP SP1 USB 1.1 and 2.0 update. For more information about this update, read Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 822603.

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09. Windows XP Update: Wireless Update Rollup Package for Windows XP

This update provides support for Wireless Protected Access, a new standards-based wireless security solution developed by the Wi-Fi Alliance. WPA is intended to replace the existing Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) standard, offering much more robust methods of encryption and authentication and resulting in a new level of protection for customers taking advantage of the wireless features of Windows XP. For more information about this update, read Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 826942.

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10. Microsoft Releases Windows Rights Management Services (RMS) 1.0

This week, Microsoft released Windows Rights Management Services (RMS) 1.0 for Windows Server 2003. RMS allows information workers to distribute information within their organizations and define how and under what circumstances it can be used, such as when it expires and who can open, modify, print and forward it. The ability to express and enforce document-level protection will allow organizations to internally share information more broadly, with less risk of inadvertent or intentional misuse.

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