Microsoft warns of new critical Windows flaw

[CrazyPerson]

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[Armitage]

<nelson> Ha-ha! </nelson>

 

[Acanthus]

repost

 

[HomeBrewerDude]

nice rebuttal by MS security guy:

?They?d have to come up with some way to get the user to click on that file,? said Stephen Toulouse of Microsoft?s Security Response Center, noting that default security settings in recent versions of Microsoft Outlook e-mail software and the Internet Explorer Web browser prevent automatic launching of such files.

 

[Armitage]

Originally posted by: Acanthus
repost

which is in the wrong forum, and locked.

 

[Acanthus]

so this shouldnt be in software/OS/games ?

 

[FeathersMcGraw]

In other news, Generalissimo Francisco Franco is still dead.

 

[Muck]

Originally posted by: ergeorge

Originally posted by: Acanthus
repost

which is in the wrong forum, and locked.

Oh man, chalk one up to the Allied forces.

 

[DurocShark]

Originally posted by: FeathersMcGraw
In other news, Generalissimo Francisco Franco is still dead.

Haven't heard that one in years...

As for that security flaw, as long the latest security patches have been installed, there should be no way for this to be an issue unless the user is somehow led to launch that file.

I'm not a big fan of Windoze, but this is one of the few "no big deal" ones to me.

 

[CraigRT]

woot, just installed on my XP computer at work.

 

[vash]

This bug is actually quite old. You can "patch" your NT server by only accepting the newer authentication protocol and removing all 9x/Me machines from connecting to the domain. Anyone hear of and remember l0pht?

vash