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| Processor | AMD Athlon 64 X2 4800+ Brisbane @ 2.8GHz (224x12.5, 1.425V) |
|---|---|
| Motherboard | Gigabyte sumthin-or-another, it's got an nForce 430 |
| Cooling | Dual 120mm case fans front/rear, Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 Pro, Zalman VF-900 on GPU |
| Memory | 2GB G.Skill DDR2 800 |
| Video Card(s) | Sapphire X850XT @ 580/600 |
| Storage | WD 160 GB SATA hard drive. |
| Display(s) | Hanns G 19" widescreen, 5ms response time, 1440x900 |
| Case | Thermaltake Soprano (black with side window). |
| Audio Device(s) | Soundblaster Live! 24 bit (paired with X-530 speakers). |
| Power Supply | ThermalTake 430W TR2 |
| Software | XP Home SP2, can't wait for Vista SP1. |
A now famous flaw in Internet Explorer allows for hackers to exploit the way IE handles graphics to install spyware, viruses, and remote control programs on victims computers. While people wait for Microsoft to release an official patch, a group of security professionals called "Zeroday Emergency Response Team", or "ZERT" for short, has released a patch. This patch, which is compatible with Windows 2000, XP, and Server 2003, was created in just under 19 hours by the group. ZERT has created patches for several famous security flaws, such as how Windows handled Meta file images back in January. ZERT has no gaurantees that the patch will work, but installing the patch certainly is better then risking a malware infection. The group stated
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ZERT will remove the patch from their website after an official patch is released from Microsoft, like it has done in the past. If you would like to download the patch for yourself, you can find it here.
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