GE> The "patch" by Ilfak Guilfanov works, but by disabling a DLL in Windows. PV> I wouldn't say it does that. If you really want to simplify it in the extreme, it hides the vulnerable function. Think of it as a "White Hat Rootkit" Larry Seltzer eWEEK.com Security Center Editor http://security.eweek.com/ http://blog.ziffdavis.com/seltzer Contributing Editor, PC Magazine larryseltzer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx