April 2004 Microsoft Bug Fix week... SASSER and other fixes available

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April 2004 Microsoft Bug Fix week... SASSER and other fixes available

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- April 2004 Microsoft Bug Fix week... SASSER and other fixes available

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* The Bottom Line...
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It's MicroSoft's April 2004 patch week. If you have not already done so, we HIGHLY recommend that you apply the following Windows bug fixes to your system(s).

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* What You Should Do
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Each link will bring you to a page where you can get the correct
patch for your version of Windows (98, ME, 2000, XP). Just make
sure to get the correct one. Some of these are rollups, so they
contain all bug fixes for the specific area of Windows to date.

These are 4 critical/serious vulnerabilities, that have been made
available for Windows users. The MS04-011 will immunize you against
a host of virus exploits, including the new SASSER virus.
All are required patches for protection against hackers, spywares,
viruses, just being on-line, etc.

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS04-011.mspx

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS04-012.mspx

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS04-013.mspx

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS04-014.mspx

Microsoft says:
Due to the nature of the vulnerabilities fixes and the number of affected
components and systems, all Windows users are advised to update their
systems, either automatically -through the Windows Update service-, or
manually, by downloading the corresponding patches. More information at:

http://www.microsoft.com/security/security_bulletins/200404_windows.asp

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URL.

Best Regards,
Marc Deschenes, VACM Editor
The VACM Project at
Automated PC Solutions

*** Be sure to check out the appendix at the end of this alert
if you are having trouble booting your computer into "Safe Mode".
The process is all spelled out for you there.

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******** APPENDIX - Handy How-To Tips **********

* How To Boot into Safe Mode

Shut the computer down so that the power is off.

Turn the computer on, wait 1 second and begin pressing the F8 key
on the keyboard, once every second repeatedly. Do this until
the Windows Startup Menu appears. If you get a keyboard
error, press F1 to resume and then continue pressing the
F8 key once every second, or your PC may tell you to press another key for BIOS setup.

Select Safe Mode from the Windows Startup Menu, then press
the Enter key on the keyboard.

Windows will then boot into Safe Mode.
NOTE: This may take longer than a normal boot.

At the end of the boot process a dialog box will appear
informing you that Windows is in Safe Mode. Click OK on this dialog box.

Windows is now in Safe Mode.

If you miss hitting the F8 at the right time, Windows will boot
normally and you will not see the "Safe Mode" message. In this
case, start from the top of these instructions until you get the
boot menu screen where you can choose "Safe Mode". This can be
a little tricky the first time you do it.

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