Win98 hole follows Database bug

A longstanding feature of the Windows OS that enables networked PCs to access shared files may expose users of Windows 98 to hackers. This issue follows the revelation that a bug in Microsoft Access, which can cause information that should be associated with a given record to be attached to the wrong account, exists in several versions of the database program.

Windows 98 open to hacking lead story The shared-file feature of Windows 98, which allows access to files without passwords, may open a user's computer to hacks. Data bug in all versions of Access Microsoft acknowledges that a nasty bug discovered last week affects more versions of its Access database than it originally thought. Microsoft database loses records A bug found in Microsoft Access by a developer last week--and repeatedly reproduced since then--affects the way database records are changed.