Microsoft Offers Free Virus Support and Home Privacy Tips

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Microsoft has launched a new portion of their site-- Security and Privacy for Home Users. This page offers many tips for parents and home users to use surf the Internet more securely and privately. These tips include spam prevention, security basics, and tips for parents to protect their children. Among the offerings of their new site is free virus-related support for the U.S. and Canada. Users can obtain this support by calling 1-866-PCSAFETY.

News source: Microsoft Security & Privacy for Home Users

Bugs Fixed:

# : Incorrect URL in "Who Posted" feature
#68593: Typo in ACP, full text set up
# : Email address showing after lost password request
#68852: ACP, MMod, Selecting sub forum(s) alone - state not saved
#68919: ACP, Skin Home, wrong ID used for edit HTML (fix by Jabberwocky)
#68888: Incorrect avg post per day in topic history
#68840: Signature w/HTML not parsed in profile and msgr
#68834: Calendar number format inconsistancy
#68592: Latest news link not working
#68817: Link errors in nav when replying to a topic
#68704: Typo when viewing forums / mask preview
#68781: Redirect forums available to move topics to
#68718: Calendar add/edit event not showing "Show Emoticons" checkbox
#68895: JS bug when editing macro set name
#68758: IE6+XHTML+Scrollbar errors
#68827: JS error when revalidating
#68886: Upload photo + open base_dir restricition = error
#68882: Spaces in avatar name / directory not allowed
#69048: ACP, Warn set-up: Some settings not being saved
#69066: Mod CP, Stats not recounting after mod Q approve
#68803: Incorrect XHTML for report this post form
#68754: Incorrect time offset used in ACP, Last 5 admin actions
#69433: Incorrect language bit on search form
#69412: Window size of MyAssistant too small by default
#69192: Mod CP profile edits not showing ACP Mod logs
#69348: Typo in emailer error screen
#69445: Incorrect number of results returned when using quick search
#69220: Warn logs not removed when member deleted
#69303: Minor HTML error in online list
#69606: Search bug when using a forward slash in the keywords

#1 daveoc64 on 14 Jun 2003 - 11:21

This is pretty old.

#2 ahodes1 on 14 Jun 2003 - 12:15

Is it? I just saw that it was on Microsoft's front page and I never heard of it before. So if it is old sorry about that

#3 beatlesdb on 15 Jun 2003 - 08:12

McCafee must be happy - even though they make one of the worst anti-virus products out on the marketplace - with Microsoft behind them they can't lose.

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