Beware PowerPoint .PPT files in emails or web sites... latest Hack Attack (solution included)

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In This Aug 23, 2006 Issue:
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- Beware PowerPoint .PPT files in emails or web sites... latest Hack Attack (solution included)

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* The Bottom Line...
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Have you ever watched the slide-show type presentations
that are on a lot of websites or sent to you as email attachments?
A newly discovered flaw in MicroSoft PowerPoint could be
allowing these entertaining "documents" to do much more
than just entertain you. As of August 22, the major AntiVirus
products do not offer any protection against this flaw.
Microsoft is "working on it". This vulnerability allows a
hacker to run any code they want on your PC, delete or
just steal any of your documents and files, etc.

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* What You Should Do
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1. Click here to get today's #1 AntiSpyware Software and
see for yourself how much spyware is on your PC:

2. Avoid .PPT files completely. Whether on a website or
attached to an email you receive. Until your AntiVirus
software can protect you against this threat, PowerPoint
files from unknown sources (including those that are
forwarded to you from a friend) should NOT be trusted.

3. And, of course, if you do not have AntiVirus software on
your PC, you are lucky to be able to get to this web
page at all. If you haven't already, install a quality
AntiVirus software such as Norton, AVG, Kapersky
or RAV.

4. (Optional but STRONGLY recommended to further protect
against spywares and viruses)
Install a personal firewall. VACM recommends the
#1 personal firewall, much more effective than the
one in Windows XP, and all other name brand firewalls.
You can get today's #1 firewall by clicking here.

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".
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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.