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Black Screen of Death Not Microsoft's Fault
Barence follows up to the ongoing Black Screen of Death Saga by saying "Microsoft says reports of 'Black Screen of Death' errors aren't caused by Windows Updates, as claimed by a British security firm. The software giant claims November's Windows Updates didn't alter registry keys in the way described by Prevx, which said that the Microsoft Patches caused PCs to boot with just a black screen and a Windows Explorer window. Microsoft is now blaming the problem on malware. Prevx has issued a grovelling apology on its own blog."
You know what would be even more pathetic and embarrassing than this kind of "groveling"? Standing behind claims that you know to be false.
Naw. That's how they do it in climate science.
It is not Microsoft's fault, it is YOUR fault for using a MS product.
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/etc/ So shut the fsck up -_-
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Microsoft claimed that IE 8 was the most secure browser on the planet, and that Windows 7 was the most secure OS ever. It clearly isn't their fault for making an insecure OS that is subject to malware.
That is simply impossible.
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What I don't understand is why people aren't still ripping Microsoft for this. They make software with an exploit that can prevent your PC from booting, .... meh.
It's like a data center losing your data and blaming it on a fire. Yes, the fire destroyed the data. Yes, there should have been redundancy.
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Hey, young fellow! Don't worry about Windows 7 problems! M$ is now working on Windows 8 to solve older Windows problems. Just wait for Windows 8! =P
Despite the serious failures Windows has, it's a bit naive to believe ALL malware would be neutralized on Windows 7 (or any other OS, to be fair), considering ALL previous Windows releases.
On the other hand, this kind of problems (black/blue screens, and stuff) have always been characteristic of Windows. If you don't like it use another OS, or stop complaining about this on each Windows release.
In summary, this problem is more of the same..
Ok, sadly that's not true. But this headline and summary suck.
1) How is vulnerabiilty to malware not MS's fault?
2) The summary organizes the facts in such a way to read as though this were just MS denying blame and vaguely saying "malware did it"; read the links (especially the last one) and you'll see a different picture.
3) In its continued zeal to paint MS and anyone agreeing with MS in a negative light, the summary insults the blogger for appologizing after he had posted technical information he later found to be false, which incorrectly blamed specific MS actions that were not in fact at fault.
This is George W Bush's fault!
Well, that seems to be the cause of all Obama's problems, so why can't Microsoft use it too.
Who would win this election: Andrew Weiner vs Andrew Weiner's weiner.
Maybe the malware would have a harder time getting into the system if m$ didn't load a pile of crap in along with the product they just sold? It takes me a couple of daze to clear the unwanted garbage that comes with any m$ product. Not m$'s fault? When I sell a house, as part of the "deal" I don't leave the contents of a Stadium Dumpster in my clients new front yard.
...as yet again, even with a year of RC testing, we're a month deep into the release of a "new and improved" OS that is obviously just as vulnerable as previous OSes with malware...Spank you very much, Micro$haft.
...microsoft admit that all their OSes are STILL extremely vulnerable to malware that can easily shut down the machine.
I'd much rather it was an update, this does not fill me with confidence and pride.
"Go rm -rf /etc, /boot, /etc/password, or /etc/shadow and see what happens."
Hmm, didn't seem to have any issues with the system. It just gave me a bunch of permission denied errors.
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Malware infiltration on Windows is no more Microsoft's fault than a leaky roof is the fault of the builder: "no matter what you do/ don't put the blame on you/ blame it on the rain (yeah yeah)"
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