A code change has been created to try to reduce the number of failures that are seen with Internet Explorer and SSL 3.0 closure alerts. To take advantage of this change, obtain the latest service pack for Microsoft Windows 2000. For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
260910 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/260910/) How to obtain the latest Windows 2000 service pack

Details: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/305217/en-us?spid=2073&sid=global