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Gopher Attacks Are Latest IE Security Threat
Brian McWilliams, SecurityFocus 2002-06-04

Browser's support for archaic technology lets attackers burrow in.

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Instant Patch 2002-06-05
Anonymous
the best way to protect yourself 2002-06-05
Anonymous
Software that will prevent these bugs from causing damage 2002-06-05
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What if 2002-06-06
Anonymous
Gopher Attacks Are Latest IE Security Threat 2002-06-07
Anonymous (1 replies)
Company Producing Fix 2002-06-08
Anonymous (1 replies)
Company Producing Fix 2002-06-11
Anonymous
They have a fix, and it works great. There is a small problem though, Windows Media Player (WMP) by default uses the proxy settings in IE, and the gopher setting throws it all out of whack. There is anote on their site saying their going to fix that too.

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Microsoft will not help 2002-06-12
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