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Microsoft Has No Plans To Patch New Flaw
Trailrunner7 writes "Microsoft has acknowledged the vulnerability that the new malware Stuxnet uses to launch itself with .lnk files, but said it has no plans to patch the flaw right now. The company said the flaw affects most current versions of Windows, including Vista, Server 2008 and Windows 7 32- and 64-bit. Meanwhile, the digital certificate that belonging to Realtek Semiconductor that was used to sign a pair of drivers for the new Stuxnet rootkit has been revoked by VeriSign. The certificate was revoked Friday, several days after news broke about the existence of the new malware and the troubling existence of the signed drivers."
they have definitions for the malware - so I guess Microsoft doesn't have to patch the hole if it can be detected ?!
I wonder how many times I could screw your computer before you'd change your mind. When I take your information and screw your financial history? How about I stalk your wife using the stolen info I have, and rape her, would you reconsider that threshold of security? No? How about I kidnap your children, they're pretty easy targets now that I've been able to glean so much information from your hijacked systems that you're willing to put up with.
Bad idea, pal.
Still waiting on Serviscope_minor to wake up to fucking reality and realize that Jessica Price isn't going to fuck him.
Excellent idea. In that way, when companies refuse to develop free drivers for GNU/Linux, we won't be able to make our own because the hardware will reject them.
So what? You're not required to buy or use any particular hardware.
"Who are in control, they are not in control of anything - they don't even control themselves!" - Glen Beck
Actually being secure?
Mart
"I know I will be modded down for this": where's the option '-1, Asking for it'?