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Alleged flaw in Outlook Express crashes servers
News A feature in the latest version of Microsoft Outlook Express could cause servers to crash, according to bug and virus specialist, BugNet. Outlook Express 4.7x can break large email attachments into smaller chunks so size limitations set by Internet... [26 Jun 1998]
Microsoft shelves Outlook Express
News It might be the world's most widely distributed email client, but Microsoft has confirmed that it has no intention of developing Outlook Express further. Outlook Express] just sits where it is," said Dan Leach, lead product manager for Microsoft's... [13 Aug 2003]
Microsoft makes Express U-turn
News Just days after announcing that it planned to halt development on Outlook Express, Microsoft has been forced to change its position following internal confusion and an outcry from customers. As reported earlier this week on silicon.com Microsoft... [15 Aug 2003]
Hackers spread Microsoft attack flaw exploit
News The risk of an attack related to a flaw in Microsoft Outlook Express climbed this week, after underground hacking sites began circulating sample code for exploiting it. The exploit, which the French Security Incident Response Team drew attention to... [27 Jun 2005]
IE 7 'download frenzy' underway
News There is a vulnerability but in Outlook Express, not IE, Christopher Budd, a Microsoft security response representative, wrote on a corporate blog. Web browsers, including IE 7, can be used as the vector in an attack that exploits the Outlook... [20 Oct 2006]
Microsoft warns of IE, Outlook flaws
News Outlook 2002, which is included with Office XP, is affected by the flaw, but Outlook 98, 2000 or Outlook Express are not. Outlook Express 6 and Outlook 2002 are not vulnerable to this exploit when used in their default configurations. [06 Dec 2002]
Mozilla puts Outlook in the firing line
News Its Outlook Express is a popular free end-user application. But Mozilla intends primarily to compete with the free, consumer-oriented Outlook Express. I don't know if the same dissatisfaction is there with Outlook, but we're looking at Outlook... [02 Dec 2004]
Got Windows 2000? No Internet Explorer 7 for you
News The Outlook Express team is hard at work on great functionality for the new version of Outlook Express, which is shipping with the next release of Windows. There are no plans to ship the new version of Outlook Express before the next release of... [02 Mar 2005]
Microsoft gives Word 98 a facelift
News Outlook Express and Internet Explorer will also be part of the package. Microsoft also said it will release Mac versions of Internet Explorer 5.0 and Outlook Express 5.0 in the autumn. Microsoft is to target Apple iMac owners with a souped-up... [22 Jul 1999]
Bug threatens Outlook users
News The flaw effects Outlook 97, Outlook 2000, Outlook Express 5.01, and Outlook Express 5.5. An attacker can exploit this weakness to 'hide' damaging code in a vcard. The user's mail client could be made to crash, or, more seriously, the attacker... [23 Feb 2001]
'Microsoft email' is working like a Trojan
News The email, which appears to have been sent from windowsupdate@microsoft.com, has the subject line "Windows XP Service Pack 1 (Express) - Critical Update" and directs users to execute the attachment, called winxp_sp1.exe, in order to fix some... [12 Jan 2004]
Hotmail users lose freebie in spam battle
News Hotmail, the internet portal's web-based email service, has long offered subscribers the ability to use a technology standard known as web DAV (Web distributed authoring and versioning) to download email from Hotmail into Microsoft Outlook and... [27 Sep 2004]
Viruses stake early claim on 2002
News The worm exploits a well-known MS security hole which allows the attachment to be executed when viewing the message with Microsoft Outlook Express or Outlook. Anti virus experts have warned UK businesses of new destructive malware attacking... [02 Jan 2002]
Email bug hides viruses from firewalls
News Every version of Microsoft's Outlook and Outlook Express software and Netscape's Navigator Web browser has been found to contain the bug, which could let in booby-trapped messages capable of erasing hard drives and stealing data. [30 Jul 1998]
Microsoft owns up to latest Windows flaw
News HTML email could also be a danger, unless the recipient uses Outlook 2002, Outlook Express 6.0 or has installed the Outlook Email Security Update. Microsoft has issued a warning relating to two new critical flaws in its Windows operating system... [19 Sep 2002]
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