Updated : November 22, 1995
CD article first appeared on: December 1995
October 20, 1995
Microsoft wants its customers to know that it has discovered and fixed a potential security problem with file and printer sharing in Windows 95. Only customers who have enabled file and printer sharing -- a non-default option -- may have been at risk, and, to the best of our knowledge, no users have been harmed. Nevertheless, Microsoft regards this potential problem with the greatest seriousness and, we have worked hard over the past week to resolve it. Microsoft recommends customers using File and Printer Sharing upgrade to the newer drivers.
There are three readme files attached to the button above. They contain more information on:
The updated driver for Novell Networks (nwsrvupd.exe) and the updated driver for Microsoft networks (vservupd.exe) are also included.