Someone's been watching their Screen Savers. eEye didn't find one major security hole though, they found eight. Microsoft hasn't bothered to fix the others ones, they're "still testing."
Screen Savers is the only way to go man. I never knew they found eight holes though. And people know about this. And the guys at MS are sitting on their happy little asses, and picking daisies in the field. How damn long does it take to test a patch? Six months? Fucking ridiculous...
And about everything running on MS? Bullshit. Yes, a lot of companies do run off of MS, but a lot also run off of Macs. Macs are more user-friendly than MS systems, and don't give you the Blue Screen if you try to open said application after getting said error for trying to delete said program for said reason. I think that instead of trying to always make things better and better and trying to jump ahead of everyone, they should just make it
work properly. I would rather be using a 98 SE system with ALL the bugs fixed, than be using an XP system with holes in it. Hackers aren't idiots, they'll find the holes, and they'll screw over everyones computer. I got the MS Blast worm a few weeks ago, AFTER I had got the latest patch. Does that tell you anything? (Luckily my anti-virus found it, put it in a bag, shot it, and dumped it in the river).
And Talio...the only reason I run XP is because I haven't found a decent emulator to run games for Linux yet. Otherwise you'd be sure that I'd be using Linux. No contest.
[EDIT] This is the CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Station) news report on the security leak on Microsoft OS'.
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Last Updated Tue, 10 Feb 2004 22:00:53
WASHINGTON - Microsoft warned customers Tuesday about a serious security problem with its Windows software, saying users should download a patch immediately.
In its monthly security bulletin, the world's largest software maker said Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows XP software, along with Windows NT Server, Server 2000 and Server 2003 were affected.
It could allow hackers to break into computers and steal or delete files.
The company, which said it learned about the problem six months ago, called the threat "critical," its highest rating.
The flaw is "an extremely deep and pervasive technology in Windows," said Microsoft security executive Stephen Toulouse.
Customers can download a patch on Microsoft's website.
"It is a critical situation so we'd ask people to address it as promptly as they can," said Jill Schoolenberg, a spokesperson for Microsoft Canada.
eEye Digital Security Inc. discovered the Windows flaw in July 2003, but agreed to keep quiet until Microsoft fixed the problem.
A spokesperson for eEye Digital called the six-month period it took Microsoft to inform the public "totally unacceptable," saying Windows users were vulnerable during that time.
Written by CBC News Online staff
Edited by Spectre2689, 13 February 2004 - 01:14 PM.