Microsoft's newest patch any good?

[GlenJohnson]

I've recieved four seperate notifications about the new patch from Microsoft. MS02-065 is supposed to patch a back door which would allow somebody to come in via an old mdac and do everything from change web pages to f-disk your hard drive. I've never been one to put patches on as soon as Microsoft sends them out, but this is starting to sound serious. Does anybody have an opinion? I've installed it on my pro machine, and had problems, but I think it's because I was running SQL 7.0. System slowed down. When I uninstalled SQL, things were back to normal. Anybody installed it? Thanks. Glen A. Johnson
Johnson Computer Consulting
MCP W2K
glen@johnsoncomputers.us



"Don't ever take a fence down until you know the reason why it was put up."
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[GlenJohnson]

Forgot one thing. In case someone hasn't heard about it, it's at

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS02-065.asp

Glen A. Johnson
Johnson Computer Consulting
MCP W2K
glen@johnsoncomputers.us



"Don't ever take a fence down until you know the reason why it was put up."
Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874-1936); English writer.