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NTBUGTRAQ Bashes Windows Update

Posted by michael on from the would-you-like-your-computer-to-stop-working?-[y/n] dept.

BigBadBri writes "Russ Cooper, keeper of the NTBUGTRAQ list, has a few concerns (to put it mildly) with the trustworthiness of Microsoft's Windows Update."

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  1. Trust? by DJ+Rubbie · · Score: 4, Funny

    Since when did we trust Microsoft / Windows?

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  2. duh by DNS-and-BIND · · Score: 2, Funny

    If you can't trust the New York Times, how the heck can you trust a shady corporation like Microsoft?

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  3. its a feature by ramzak2k · · Score: 5, Funny

    It is a feature to keep you aware of other features. Unfortunately it has a feature in itself which keeps the feature from featuring.

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  4. Summary by cwernli · · Score: 4, Funny

    To sum up the last few posts: Electronic Voting can't be trusted, NVidia can't be trusted, Microsoft Update can't be trusted... that's enough for one day. I'll go to sleep right now.

    1. Re:Summary by Gortbusters.org · · Score: 4, Funny

      Tomorrow in cwernli's journal, "Sleep can't be trusted!!"

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    2. Re:Summary by TopShelf · · Score: 4, Funny

      Be sure not to trust the NY Times either...

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    3. Re:Summary by sisukapalli1 · · Score: 4, Funny
      To sum up the last few posts: Electronic Voting can't be trusted, NVidia can't be trusted, Microsoft Update can't be trusted... that's enough for one day. I'll go to sleep right now.

      That is a nice lead into enjoying The Matrix Reloaded.

      S

    4. Re:Summary by MrHanky · · Score: 2, Funny
      To sum up the last few posts: Electronic Voting can't be trusted, NVidia can't be trusted, Microsoft Update can't be trusted...

      Well, at least you can trust Slashdot. Oh, and BTW: First post!
    5. Re:Summary by MeanE · · Score: 2, Funny

      I give my personal assurances that sleep can be trusted.

      - Freddy Krueger

  5. Dear Russ by Space_Nerd · · Score: 1, Funny

    Now slashdot has a few concerns about your webserver....

    Let me guess, NT right?

    Fell the powah of the slashdot effect!

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  6. Re:I don't trust Microsoft... by buffer-overflowed · · Score: 2, Funny

    Yea, more often then not they don't break something, but they NEVER fix everything.

    Click here to crash IE with a 6 line valid HTML document.

    Or how about some arbitrary vb scripting that opens your cd-rom. Here you go.

    Yea, Microsoft, pinacle of stability and all that.

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  7. Re:I like Windows Update by Reziac · · Score: 4, Funny

    And don't you wish that NT4 SP4 had been forcefed to everyone as an automatic update? ;)

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  8. Re:In case of slashdotting, by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Russ complains a lot, but he never offers any solutions to the problem.

    Hmmmm, is Russ a Democrat?

  9. Automatic trojan removal by gmuslera · · Score: 2, Funny
    p.s. Here's a thought, how about getting Windows Update to remove Trojans??...;-]

    Knowing how much trustworthy is Microsoft, the only trojan that it will sucessfully remove will be the one named "LILO"

  10. Psssst, it's intentional by esm · · Score: 2, Funny
    Since the inception of Windows Update millions of computers have been infected with Trojan's that are today allowing individuals to conduct en-masse DDoS attacks.
    True... but there's more to it than meets the eye. According to a Double Secret memo which was leaked from Microsoft, what they're really trying to do is have new security problems every day. These will be posted on Slashdot, and will result in instant DDoS -- against the security sites. If the alert sites aren't up to report the problems, then the problems don't exist, and Microsoft is in the clear...
  11. Re:In case of slashdotting, by JHromadka · · Score: 2, Funny

    It's called NTBUGTRAQ, not NTBUGFIX.

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