Re: virus patch for VPC

From: Bob Harris (plasticnitlion_at_wrappermindspring.com)
Date: 12/07/04 

Date: Tue, 07 Dec 2004 18:02:35 -0500

brenda wrote:
> Well I wanted to update a security patch for my VPC and the previous
> poster said to go to www.microsoft.com- through the start menu - IE
> menu- that takes you to the page-of mactopia world
> and then to downloads for security patches then it said to download
> this internet explorer for my mac, I don't know it all seems confusing
> to me,I am just trying to make sure My VPC is secure from viruses and
> stuff- I have a virus protector , but someone said you need the patch
> as well. I use safari on my imac anyway- I do not use Internet
> Explorer. So I do not know what The ---- I am doing.

Part of your confusion stems from the fact that there are two products named
Internet Explorer, both from microsoft. One runs under the Mac OS. The
other runs under flavors of microsoft's Windows OS, and on your machine the
microsoft OS is the one running inside VirtualPC.

What your previous poster was advising you to do was, from inside virtual
PC, run the Windows version of Internet Explorer, and go to
www.microsoft.com and look for security patches for whatever flavor of
windows you are running.

Hope that helps
Bob H

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