Those among you concerned that your lovingly-crafted software may be vulnerable to malicious attack are advised to get straight down to McAfee's Free Tools page (http://www.mcafee.com/uk/enterprise/downloads/free_tools/index.html) where you can avail yourselves of Hacme Travel 1.0:

(http://www.mcafee.com/uk/enterprise/downloads/free_tools/index.html)

We're not entirely sure just how you get a bugger to overflow, and readers' suggestions on the matter are most certainly not welcome. ®

Bootnote

Ta very much to Arnie Owen for alerting us to the risks posed by bugger overflows.

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