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Security Vulnerabilities Discovered in WinXP SP2

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the holes-in-the-dike dept.

SoTuA writes "Few months after SP2 hit windowsupdate.com, Finjan Software reports that security flaws have been found in WinXP SP2, including malicous code execution without user intervention. Finjian has turned over the findings, along with proof-of-concept, to Microsoft."

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  1. Supprise supprise by squoozer · · Score: 0, Troll

    This is news because?

    I don't want to sound like an apologist for M$ but we found out a long time ago that software is difficult, if not impossible, to get right. I am sure their software practices are shoddy in the extreme but hasn't this news story been flogged to death already? What does the submitter think was are going to say about this particular problem that hasn't been said about the 1000 other "M$ security hole" type stories that have graced the pages of /. in the last week!

    </rant> - it's been a hard day

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  2. Re:Well, users can... by ThePatrioticFuck · · Score: 0, Troll

    Obviously it's not the fault of the Agilent analyzer, Microsoft is involved here in some way! It just *has* to be their fault!! God forbid that anybody else be to blame for stuff like this, the world would just end otherwise!

  3. Protecting customers by the_truk_stop · · Score: 0, Troll
    FTFA: 'If any valid vulnerability is found in Windows XP SP2, Microsoft said it will take "immediate and appropriate action to help protect customers."'

    I think those customers will be dumbstruck when they get Microsoft's "appropriate action" in the mail: "What's this Ubuntu thing?"