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SCAN RESULTS:
Potential security vulnerability (hole) and exposure to unauthorized access found on your PC!
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What are security holes?
A lot of software installed on PC's have security holes. These holes allow hackers into your computer via your Internet connection using known software installed on the machine. Once inside your computer, they can take it over, use it as spam disseminator, or simply steal your private information Please see an example of well known software that poses such security hole.
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Examples of software that contained security holes:
| SOFTWARE | RISK LEVEL | DETAILS |
 | Critical - from February 14, 2006 | Vulnerability in Windows Media Player Could Allow Remote Code Execution and take over a vulnerable pc... Read More |
 | Very High Risk | Microsoft has acknowledged that it is working on a patch for a potentially serious security hole in fully patched versions of Windows XP Service Pack 2. ... Read More |
 | Very High Risk | A security hole deemed "critical" by Microsoft could allow an attacker to run code and take over a vulnerable pc... Read More |
 | Very High Risk | attacker could run any program on the victim system, they can do anything a malicious program can do on a system--possibly read or destroy files, find passwords, install backdoors or viruses... Read More |
 | Very High Risk | Macromedia Inc. is warning its users of what it calls a critical security flaw found in the latest version of its Flash animation
player... Read More |
 | Very High Risk | Two serious flaws in America Online's ICQ software could allow an online attacker to take control of a person's pc... Read More |
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