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Bugs and Fixes: Top Tips for Busting Bugs

Follow our expert's favorite five tips to keep those nasty PC pests at bay.

By Stuart J. Johnston, PCW Print   

In Brief

Printer Cord Recall

HP is recalling power cords for over a million ink jet printers shipped between April 2001 and January 2002. The company discovered that the two-wire, gray-colored cord sets it included with the Deskjet 800 and 900 series and with the Photosmart 1000 through 1300 series may pose an electric shock hazard. Nobody has been harmed, says HP. It is replacing the cords free of charge (pardon the pun). Go to HP's site to order a replacement.

IM Hack Attack

Are you an instant messaging or Internet Relay Chat fan? Beware. According to the CERT Coordination Center at Carnegie Mellon University, crackers have made trouble for thousands of IM users. The rogues send users bogus virus warnings that direct them to a "virus removal" site, which turns out to be an infected site. Go to CERT's advisory.

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