If you are running Windows XP and want a cmd prompt with no strange environment variables set, do the following: CTRL + SHIFT + ESC ->File-> CTRL +New Task (Run...) This will open a cmd window with only the basics. This is useful if you have killed...

The security team has released an update to disable adodb.stream in Internet Explorer. It will be on windows update or you can download it here . For further reading, the technical details page has also been updated.