What is Microsoft Windows 98 and quot;Malformed Telnet Argument and quot; Vulnerabili?

eliminates a vulnerability in the Telnet client that comes with Windows 98.

In depth

A closer look at Microsoft Windows 98 and quot;Malformed Telnet Argument and quot; Vulnerabili

The vulnerability could allow arbitrary code to be executed on the user's computer. The Telnet client has an unchecked buffer. A specially-malformed argument could be passed to the client via a Web page in order to cause arbitrary code to execute on the computer via a classic buffer overrun technique.

Verdict

Should you download Microsoft Windows 98 and quot;Malformed Telnet Argument and quot; Vulnerabili?

Microsoft Windows 98 and quot;Malformed Telnet Argument and quot; Vulnerabili runs on Windows 98/Me and is available under the Freeware license — the installer is 127 KB. We’ve catalogued it under Telnet.

Verified clean. Every Microsoft Windows 98 and quot;Malformed Telnet Argument and quot; Vulnerabili build on SoftLookup is scanned for viruses, spyware, adware, trojans and backdoors. We re-test on every update.