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• In this Page you will find latest news of Bugs on Windows 95/98/NT Platform.

• This time not in software but security bug in hotmail.Java related for Password stealing.Any mail account with @hotmail.com is under potential attack.Guest the current owner of hotmail.Fill the blanks M.cr.s.ft .

• AutoComplete feature in Word 97 if used in Win 98 can cause Word to crash.Solution:No patch yet, wait SP2 for Office 97 and do not double click but use single click and press insert method until there is fix comes.

• Dr Solomon's Software, working with a Swiss ISP, uncovered a Trojan Horse that gained entry into a customer's Windows 95 and NT 4.0 subdirectory, where passwords and log-on information are stored.

• Qualcomm confirmed a security risk in the Eudora Pro Email 4.0 for Windows and Eudora Pro Email 4.0.1 for Windows versions of the popular e-mail client. When a user attempts to download the message, the code is automatically executed, leaving the recipient wide open to any malicious Java hacks. This problem does not exist in the latest version of Eudora Pro Email 4.1 for Windows.

• Microsoft has posted a memo warning its customers that unauthorized access of its SQL Server relational database could be gained from the Internet through its Internet Information Server 4.0 Web server, if the customer does not have a sound security policy in place. To gain access, the hacker would need "extensive and detailed information," including the server address, the name of the relational table, and the password, according to a Microsoft representative.

• If you're fast at navigating Windows 98's Explorer's File Manager interface using the keyboard, you could end up unintentionally deleting files.

• FrontPage 98 Bug Can Devastate Your Hard Drive :BugNet, a web site dedicated to uncovering common, and not so common bugs in hardware and software, has discovered a big 'ole nasty critter in Microsoft's FrontPage 98 that can potentially erase a user's hard drive. All of it. The bug rears its ugly head whenever the user deletes a disk-based web that resides in the root directory of the hard drive. If the delete function is activated, FrontPage 98 will mistake the entire hard drive for a FrontPage 98 file, and delete the entire shebang--folders, files, and all.BugNet claims Microsoft has acknowledged the bug exists, and warns users to "always create disk-based webs in a sub-folder of the root of the hard drive." Or, you can just choose to create a server-based web instead.
  
• NT Bug :A serious security bug discovered by East Indian programmers gives determined users administrative rights. The bug, detailed on www.ntsecurity.net, lets users gain admin rights and once there, control or change passwords and generally run on a server. By running a program that exploits the hole locally, a person is ultimately able to enter "de-bug" and then can change his or her permissions. The bug affects both Windows NT 3.51 and 4.0 in workstation and server flavors. Microsoft acknowledged the problem last week and was prepared to release a bug fix as early as tonight on its web site.
  
• A new bug can allow an outsider to deliver a booby-trapped e-mail message that could command a PC's hard drive to erase. So far, no problems as a result of the bug have been reported, but experts called it a major security issue. Microsoft has posted patches for Microsoft Outlook 98 and Outlook Express on its Web site. Netscape users will get a fix in August when Communicator 4.06 arrives, Netscape officials said.
  
• Internet Security Systems' X-Force, an independent test lab, announced that a hacker can disrupt and crash Microsoft Exchange Server 5.x over the network, stopping e-mail and other services, though not causing data loss.