Microsoft releases critical fix that breaks their own software!

["Geoff Shively" <gshively () pivx com>]

What classic MS, their newest critical alert dealing with the Gopher Root
Vulnerability discussed on Security Focus last week
[http://online.securityfocus.com/news/464] seems to break windows media
player.

Is there any validity to this- and, does their fix work?

More info on the microsoft critical alert:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?url=/technet/security/
bulletin/MS02-027.asp
More info on the breakage: http://www.pivx.com/workaround_fail.html

-masqitz