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3 New Windows Security Problems Found

Posted by timothy on from the now-wait-for-the-baffling-no-problems-in-years-claimants dept.

DotNM writes "USA Today is running a story that outlines three security issues in Microsoft Corporation's popular Windows desktop operating system product. It describes the issues and urges users not to download .hlp files from email attachments. Apparently there are issues, even for a Windows XP system patched with Service Pack Two."

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  1. "Issues"? by John+Hasler · · Score: 4, Insightful

    > Apparently there are issues...

    What has become of the word "problem"? "Issue" is marketdroid-speak.

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  2. Re:Linux Flaws by upsidedown_duck · · Score: 5, Insightful


    There is no way to compare flaws in Windows and Linux, and every attempt to do so is misguided. The reason is that the politics behind disclosure for Microsoft is entirely different than for Linux, so there is no way to link them statistically.

    From the classic "there is one error for every thousand lines of code in a mature program" logic, a person could estimate how many bugs are present in both code bases and look at the number of published bugs to see who is covering their butts more. I'd guess Microsoft has more to lose from bad PR, so odds are they have internalized most knowledge about bugs.

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