From: nvm@nunya.biz   
      
   "JohnN"  wrote in   
   news:ZIWdnfpX1JNeOsXWnZ2dnUVZ8judnZ2d@eclipse.net.uk:   
      
   > Help   
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   > I have just started getting messages requesting me to close applications   
   > ; message heading - Data Execution Prevention (D.E.P); where has this   
   > come from.? - Also my access to Internet Explorer has slowed down   
   > considerably and sometimes my screen locks up, I cant open any of my   
   > shortcuts on Desktopm and  I have to reset,I have to switch off power to   
   > PC. - are these all associated with D.E.P?   
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   > Help!   
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   This may have something to do with the "fix" that Microsoft released for IE   
   today. While I haven't heard of this problem anywhere else yet, here's what   
   MS has to say about the need for the fix:   
      
   "For now, Microsoft recommends enabling the Data Execution Prevention (DEP)   
   feature in IE, and setting Internet security zone security settings to   
   "high" as ways to protect against this attack. DEP, which is a default   
   feature in IE 8, has to be set manually in earlier versions of the browser. A   
   patch could be in the works as well, according to Microsoft."   
      
   The patch released today might have changed the default IE DEP setting to   
   "On" instead of "Off."   
      
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