The company did not give a time frame for a patch release. According to Anfy Java, the security hole was discovered by the firm's founder and director Fabio Ciucci during the last week of October. The bug effects users of Windows 95 and Windows 98, Ciucci said. The glitch causes all the open tasks to be lost immediately, and a reboot is required to escape the error. On Windows NT, Internet Explorer crashes, but the operating system in most cases is still usable, according to Anfy Java.
Users have no time to hesitate.
Ciucci said his fear that the error will be disseminated quickly has kept the firm from disclosing the information required to re-create the bug. Anfy Java said that the applet will not work on Explorer 3 or previous versions of the browser or in Apple Mac Explorer. A ruling in that case is expected to be handed down sometime this week as the judge, Hon. Ronald Whyte, has completed releasing evidence from the trial portion of the suit to the public. Anfy Java builds a line of 30 Java applets designed to generate special effects on the Internet.