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Weekly Microsoft Critical Security Issue

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the yet-another-choice-hole dept.

An anonymous reader sent in linkage to a zd story discussing the latest Windows Security Patches including an especially nice hole letting Java apps gain total control of your machine and assist you in reclaiming disk space by, say, reformating your drive.

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  1. fp? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    fp-Lou.iz?

  2. First Post 2pm EST by fprog · · Score: -1, Redundant

    first post!

  3. Front Page news by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Yawn.. yet another security hole. FIRST thing in the morning. What am I supposed to POST?

    Bring on some news please..

  4. Formatting bad?? by Archangel+Michael · · Score: -1, Redundant

    You know, reformatting a drive that has Windows on it isn't necisarrily a bad thing. It just allows us to deploy Linux much quicker to the desktop. ;-)

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