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Businesses Urged To Use Unofficial Windows Patch

Posted by Zonk on from the quick-quick dept.

frankie writes "ZDNet is reporting on the latest dire pronouncements about the WMF vulnerability. The problem is so serious that security experts are urging IT firms to use the unofficial patch. Microsoft's current goal is to release the update on Tuesday." From the ZDNet article: "This is a very unusual situation -- we've never done this before. We trust Ilfak, and we know his patch works. We've confirmed the binary does what the source code said it does. We've installed the patch on 500 F-Secure computers, and have recommended all of our customers do the same. The businesses who have installed the patch have said it's highly successful" It's big enough that even mainstream media is covering the flaw.

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  1. So, the real questions is... by WindBourne · · Score: -1, Troll

    is this a dupe? It seems like anymore posters here are interested in if this is a dupe or if it is a new overlord, then discussing rationally and intelligently on the topic.

    BTW, it is not a dupe.

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  2. I do! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    I don't allow What the Mother Fucker!

  3. MOD PARENT REDUNDANT by Krach42 · · Score: -1, Troll

    Not really because it is... it'd just be funny...

    (please don't actually do so... then people won't see it)

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  4. Re:One Gets the Feeling... by Tankko · · Score: 1, Troll

    One gets the feeling that you're the kind of person that comes in on the weekend, slaps out a patch for 100,000,000 machines sends it out with a note saying "works on my machine".

    Maybe MS is testing the patch. They do have a large list of alpha testers in the real world that everything is tested through.

    Get a clue.

  5. Well the answer is simle really... by Vacant+Mind · · Score: -1, Troll

    Now all microsoft has to do is download the patch and put it up on Windows Update. God I'm such a genius, I should be a head manager at MS or something.

    heh