> Newsgroups: comp.risks > From: cnorloff@tecnet1.jcte.jcs.mil > Date: Wed, 17 May 95 13:44:40 EDT > > Microsoft officials confirm that beta versions of Windows 95 include a > small viral routine called Registration Wizard. It interrogates every > system on a network gathering intelligence on what software is being run > on which machine. It then creates a complete listing of both Microsoft's > and competitors' products by machine, which it reports to Microsoft when > customers sign up for Microsoft's Network Services, due for launch later > this year. > > "In Short" column, page 88, _Information Week_ magazine, May 22, 1995 > > The implications of this action, and the attitude of Microsoft to plan > such action, beggars the imagination. > > Chris Norloff cnorloff@tecnet1.jcte.jcs.mil > >-- =================================================== Mansour Esmaili Center For Computer Security Research University of Wollongong. Mail : P.O. Box U61, Wollongong, NSW 2500, Australia. Buss. Tel: (042) 214316 ,Fax: (042) 214329 Home. Tel & Fax: (042) 265770 Email : mansour@cs.uow.edu.au