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13 New Windows Security Vunerabilities

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the focused-on-security dept.

Petree writes "Microsoft has given advance notice that on February 8th, they will be releasing patches for 13 vunerabilities. Happily a day later they'll have a nice little webcast so answer questions about the vunerabilities. Windows users, don't forget to run WindowsUpdate first thing Monday morning."

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  1. Good thing they used "safe" code by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    in SP2. I'd hate to think Windows is vulnerable due to using an "unsafe" language like C or C++.

  2. Yeah, but it's still written in C by ka9dgx · · Score: -1, Troll
    Yeah, they fix the holes, but the OS and all the apps are still written in C/C++, so there will ALWAYS be more holes. C/C++ is a cruel trick that takes advantage of the innate pride of programmers, and results in buffer overflows, and other crap that will mean our computers will ALWAYS be insecure.

    Not only that... now I have to patch my servers, right before I go away on vacation for a week...FUCK!

    --Mike--

  3. Happy! by Woodblock · · Score: 0, Troll

    I'm so HAPPY they are having a webcast! That more than makes up for the ridiculous quality of their operating system. A webcast! It is like 1998 all over again.

  4. Re:Run it now! by Evil+Adrian · · Score: 0, Troll

    You are gay.

    --
    evil adrian