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Windows 7 Reintroduces Remote BSoD

Posted by timothy on from the no-such-thing-as-perfect-security dept.

David Gerard writes "Remember the good old days of the 1990s, when you could teardrop attack any Windows user who'd annoyed you and bluescreen them? Microsoft reintroduces this popular feature in Windows 7, courtesy the rewritten TCP/IP and SMB2 stacks. Well done, guys! Another one for the Windows 7 Drinking Game."

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  1. Not a problem. by onion2k · · Score: 4, Funny

    It's incredibly unlikely to ever affect anyo

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  2. I knew Windows 7 was too good to be true by commodore64_love · · Score: 5, Funny

    - Shiny-new interface.
    - No annoying "are you sure" popups every 30 seconds like Vista.
    - Can run on a 1 gigabyte machine without slowing to a crawl.

    It simply wasn't possible for Microsoft to make such a great perfect OS without including a flaw.

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  3. Re:Big wow by mdm-adph · · Score: 4, Funny

    Yeah, we read the first three lines of the Wikipedia link, too.

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  4. Ahh, nice to see ... by UncHellMatt · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...that my fellow Boston Public School graduates are writing for seclists.org.

    Section V: "An attacker can remotly crash without no user interaction, any Vista/Windows 7 machine with SMB enable. "

    Yes, because we been done had seen that explot in the pasts.

    Dear $DEITY, are there no proof readers or editors alive on these sites?

  5. Re:First Post by Rik+Sweeney · · Score: 4, Funny

    Let me Loony Tunes that up for you:

    Wabbit Season!
    Duck Season!

    Wabbit Season!
    Duck Season!

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  6. Re:Not consistent by DoofusOfDeath · · Score: 4, Funny

    Having actually tried this on three windows 7 machines now, ...

    You must be popular with your coworkers.

  7. Re:Local? by poetmatt · · Score: 5, Funny

    well, now I know how to win any lan party contests :)

  8. Re:Local? by GameMaster · · Score: 5, Funny

    NOBODY EXPECT ATTACKS FROM INSIDE YOUR LAN!!!! Their chief weapon is surprise...surprise and fear...fear and surprise.... Their two weapons are fear and surprise...and ruthless efficiency.... Their *three* weapons are fear, surprise, and ruthless efficiency...and an almost fanatical devotion to rms.... Their *four*...no... *Amongst* their weapons.... Amongst their weaponry...are such elements as fear, surprise.... I'll come in again.

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  9. Re:"RE"-introducing? by David+Gerard · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yeah, reading error on my part. Sorry about that. Let's give Vista credit where it's due!

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  10. Re:"RE"-introducing? by David+Gerard · · Score: 5, Funny

    But Macs cost too much, and Linux is too hard. And Microsoft only hits me because he loves me.

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