Internet Explorer 6.0 Sp1 Component Update 3.0 for Windows 98
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From: 98 Guy on 10 Dec 2009 08:46 For those of you that want to use various Win-2K updates from Microsoft and apply them to your Win-98 system, this update package has been designed to bring together all those various updates and install them automatically. MD InternetExplorer 6.0sp1 Component Update 3.0 *Windows Script Update 5.6 *971961 - Unofficial JScript Security Update *944338 - Unofficial Windows Script Security Update *973354 - Unofficial Outloook Express Cumulative Security Update *976325 - Unofficial Internet Explorer Cumulative Security Update (with uninstall) *905495 - Unofficial Security Update (MSIEFTP) *885258 - Security Update (PROCTEXE) *816362 - Security Update (MSHTA) *958869 - Unofficial Security Update (VGX) *906216 - Unofficial Security Update (DHTML+TRIEDIT) *920670 - Unofficial Security Update (HLINK) *918439 - Security Update (ART Image Rendering) *816093 - JVM 3810 Security Update *961371 - Unofficial Web fonts update *824220 - Unofficial Security Update (IMGUTIL) *886677 - Unofficial Security Update (MLANG) *896156 - Unofficial Security Update (MSHTMLED) *893627 - Hotfix for Bug with Group Policies Not Applied in IE6sp1 *973525 - Unofficial ActiveX Kill Bits (AKB) Security Vulnerability Fix *931125 - Windows Roots Update *Unofficial DirectX Media (DXM) 6.0 Update -------------------------------------------------------------- http://rapidshare.de/files/48815001/MDIE6CU30E.EXE.html --------------------------------------------------------------- *Size: ~14mb What's new: *976325 - Unofficial Internet Explorer Cumulative Security Update (with uninstall) *961371 - Unofficial web fonts update removed: *974455 - Unofficial Internet Explorer Cumulative Security Update *976749 - Unofficial Internet Explorer Update *908519 - Web fonts update
From: J. P. Gilliver (John) on 11 Dec 2009 03:16 In message <OlEVIsbeKHA.2184(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl>, MEB <MEB-not-here(a)hotmail.com> writes: >On 12/10/2009 08:46 AM, 98 Guy wrote: >> For those of you that want to use various Win-2K updates from Microsoft >> and apply them to your Win-98 system, this update package has been >> designed to bring together all those various updates and install them >> automatically. > > You know damn well these also subject the users to potential and >ongoing vulnerabilities which are *not* protected via 9X capable AV >and other programs due to the differing operating environments and >expected respective activities. Moreover, *these files* may give users a >false and dangerous feeling that they HAVE secured their systems, when, >IN FACT, they have added to the potential and/or now unknown real >vulnerabilities. I agree, he should have perhaps added some warning to that effect, but he knows he doesn't need to as you will do so for him. (I just _knew_ what the next post I would see would be!) Does this set of fixes actually ADD to the vulnerabilities of a system, or just CHANGE it - i. e. could it be that it introduces some new ones but closes some (while also adding other things, such as a DirectX and a web fonts update)? [They're of academic interest to me anyway - I do not have IE of any flavour on my '98SEl machines, one of which has never been online and the other does so very rarely.] [Full quote of original post snipped.] -- J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G.5AL-IS-P--Ch++(p)Ar(a)T0H+Sh0!:`)DNAf ** http://www.soft255.demon.co.uk/G6JPG-PC/JPGminPC.htm for ludicrously outdated thoughts on PCs. ** .... on Thursdays on BBC Two, the former BBC2. (John Peel in "Radio Times", 1-7 May 1999.)
From: MEB on 11 Dec 2009 05:11 On 12/11/2009 03:16 AM, J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote: > In message <OlEVIsbeKHA.2184(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl>, MEB > <MEB-not-here(a)hotmail.com> writes: >> On 12/10/2009 08:46 AM, 98 Guy wrote: >>> For those of you that want to use various Win-2K updates from Microsoft >>> and apply them to your Win-98 system, this update package has been >>> designed to bring together all those various updates and install them >>> automatically. >> >> You know damn well these also subject the users to potential and >> ongoing vulnerabilities which are *not* protected via 9X capable AV >> and other programs due to the differing operating environments and >> expected respective activities. Moreover, *these files* may give users a >> false and dangerous feeling that they HAVE secured their systems, when, >> IN FACT, they have added to the potential and/or now unknown real >> vulnerabilities. > > I agree, he should have perhaps added some warning to that effect, but > he knows he doesn't need to as you will do so for him. (I just _knew_ > what the next post I would see would be!) > > Does this set of fixes actually ADD to the vulnerabilities of a system, > or just CHANGE it - i. e. could it be that it introduces some new ones > but closes some (while also adding other things, such as a DirectX and a > web fonts update)? > > [They're of academic interest to me anyway - I do not have IE of any > flavour on my '98SEl machines, one of which has never been online and > the other does so very rarely.] > > [Full quote of original post snipped.] Good questions. If it were the OSs designed for it might fulfill the desired effect, temporarily. However, there is no "patch Tuesday" or "zero day" hotfixes for Win9x and these will contain vulnerabilities IN THE OSs designed, for which updates will be received, Win9X won't. These are for the interface to the Internet, the browser, waving in the breeze... Just as the last posted suggested junk from 98 Guy was patched in a week or so, and is NOT part of a normal Win9X installation {MS XML4}, so rather obviously they introduce vulnerabilities that wouldn't be there to start with. NO ONE tests these for 9X vulnerabilities and they DO introduce new vulnerabilities into the OSs intended; nor even for compatibility beyond they install... On the other hand, if you want to *manual* check every day to see if Microsoft has offered any security or file fixes, AND check for whether they work in 9X, AND are willing to be a "guinea pig" for any new and COMPLETELY UNKNOWN 9X vulnerabilities, then sure, install; just don't expect anyone to be able to help fix your system and don't expect your software will be compatible... including any malware protection. Somewhere along the line since EOL, these people lost track of what they hoped to accomplish, keeping 9X alive... that requires someone actually test and NOT JUST FOR INSTALLATION, and creation of NEW browsers and malware programs... -- MEB http://peoplescounsel.org/ref/windows-main.htm Windows Info, Diagnostics, Security, Networking http://peoplescounsel.org The "real world" of Law, Justice, and Government ___---
From: MEB on 11 Dec 2009 05:48 On 12/11/2009 03:16 AM, J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote: > In message <OlEVIsbeKHA.2184(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl>, MEB > <MEB-not-here(a)hotmail.com> writes: >> On 12/10/2009 08:46 AM, 98 Guy wrote: >>> For those of you that want to use various Win-2K updates from Microsoft >>> and apply them to your Win-98 system, this update package has been >>> designed to bring together all those various updates and install them >>> automatically. >> >> You know %^&% well these also subject the users to potential and >> ongoing vulnerabilities which are *not* protected via 9X capable AV >> and other programs due to the differing operating environments and >> expected respective activities. Moreover, *these files* may give users a >> false and dangerous feeling that they HAVE secured their systems, when, >> IN FACT, they have added to the potential and/or now unknown real >> vulnerabilities. > > I agree, he should have perhaps added some warning to that effect, but > he knows he doesn't need to as you will do so for him. (I just _knew_ > what the next post I would see would be!) > > Does this set of fixes actually ADD to the vulnerabilities of a system, > or just CHANGE it - i. e. could it be that it introduces some new ones > but closes some (while also adding other things, such as a DirectX and a > web fonts update)? > > [They're of academic interest to me anyway - I do not have IE of any > flavour on my '98SEl machines, one of which has never been online and > the other does so very rarely.] > > [Full quote of original post snipped.] Good questions. If it were the OSs designed for it might fulfill the desired effect, *temporarily*. However, there is no "patch Tuesday" or "zero day" hotfixes for Win9x and these will contain vulnerabilities IN THE OSs designed, for which updates will be received, Win9X won't. These are for the interface to the Internet, the browser, waving in the breeze... or are these supposedly NOT for people using IE6? Then there is ZERO reason to install them as they patch the last group of supposed fixes... Just as the last posted suggested junk from 98 Guy was patched in a week or so, and is NOT part of a normal Win9X installation {MS XML4}, so rather obviously they introduce vulnerabilities that wouldn't be there to start with. NO ONE tests these for 9X vulnerabilities and they DO introduce new vulnerabilities into the OSs intended. On the other hand, if you want to *manually* check every day to see if Microsoft has offered any security or file fixes, AND check for whether they work in 9X, AND are willing to be a "guinea pig" for any new and COMPLETELY UNKNOWN 9X vulnerabilities, then sure, install; just don't expect anyone to be able to help fix your system and don't expect your software will be compatible... including any malware protection. Somewhere along the line since EOL, these people lost track of what they hoped to accomplish, keeping 9X alive... that requires someone actually test and NOT JUST FOR INSTALLATION, and creation of NEW browsers and malware programs... But this was already stated for the most part... WHY you two chose to post otherwise is the actual question... -- MEB http://peoplescounsel.org/ref/windows-main.htm Windows Info, Diagnostics, Security, Networking http://peoplescounsel.org The "real world" of Law, Justice, and Government ___---
From: Anonymous on 11 Dec 2009 11:38
For those of you that want to use various Win-2K updates from Microsoft and apply them to your Win-98 system, this update package has been designed to bring together all those various updates and install them automatically. MD InternetExplorer 6.0sp1 Component Update 3.0 *Windows Script Update 5.6 *971961 - Unofficial JScript Security Update *944338 - Unofficial Windows Script Security Update *973354 - Unofficial Outloook Express Cumulative Security Update *976325 - Unofficial Internet Explorer Cumulative Security Update (with uninstall) *905495 - Unofficial Security Update (MSIEFTP) *885258 - Security Update (PROCTEXE) *816362 - Security Update (MSHTA) *958869 - Unofficial Security Update (VGX) *906216 - Unofficial Security Update (DHTML+TRIEDIT) *920670 - Unofficial Security Update (HLINK) *918439 - Security Update (ART Image Rendering) *816093 - JVM 3810 Security Update *961371 - Unofficial Web fonts update *824220 - Unofficial Security Update (IMGUTIL) *886677 - Unofficial Security Update (MLANG) *896156 - Unofficial Security Update (MSHTMLED) *893627 - Hotfix for Bug with Group Policies Not Applied in IE6sp1 *973525 - Unofficial ActiveX Kill Bits (AKB) Security Vulnerability Fix *931125 - Windows Roots Update *Unofficial DirectX Media (DXM) 6.0 Update -------------------------------------------------------------- http://rapidshare.de/files/48815001/MDIE6CU30E.EXE.html --------------------------------------------------------------- *Size: ~14mb What's new: *976325 - Unofficial Internet Explorer Cumulative Security Update (with uninstall) *961371 - Unofficial web fonts update removed: *974455 - Unofficial Internet Explorer Cumulative Security Update *976749 - Unofficial Internet Explorer Update *908519 - Web fonts update |