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Microsoft Kills Windows Gadgets Via Security Update
benfrog writes "Microsoft has taken the unusual step of killing the Windows Gadgets feature completely via a security update. According to an advisory issued Tuesday, an attacker could take over a user's system if they are logged in as admin and they install a vulnerable gadget. Microsoft has pulled the plug on its official Gadgets Gallery and is offering a Fix-it that completely disables the Windows Sidebar and Gadgets. Researchers Mickey Shkatov and Toby Kohlenberg are scheduled to give a presentation on the vulnerability at the upcoming Black Hat conference called We Have You By the Gadgets."
Not only is it bullshit I'd say its just one more move to try to get people to move over to Win 8. I mean who DIDN'T KNOW that running an executable as admin is a BAD THING, hmm? Are MSFT honestly trying to get us to believe that they don't even have enough common sense to keep malware off their own damned site? if so their security team should be fucking ashamed of themselves!
Most of my users use gadgets and I will be telling them to simply ignore this, because they already have the gadgets they want. But I'm sure MSFT figured out that if you wanted your OS to be a tweeting twitting FB shitting social OS like Win 8 you could just use the gadgets in Win 7 so what do they do? Why lets get rid of the gadgets! Are you HONESTLY telling me you just NOW figured out gadgets run as admin from untrusted sites could be bad MSFT, really? because I find that frankly unbelievable.I know I won't be giving up MY gadgets and I seriously doubt any of my customers will either.
Just one more dick move by MSFT to get functionality that could compete with Win 8 out of Win 7. I have a feeling as the run up to Win 8 gathers steam we'll all have to watch like hawks for more "security updates" that tie a fucking boat anchor to Win 7 to try to make win 8 look better. If you are gonna spout horseshit MSFT, at least TRY to make it believable horseshit,mmmkay?
ACs don't waste your time replying, your posts are never seen by me.
Especially when Microsoft keep having these frequent "accidents", such as pushing Skype and Silverlight (twice) as security updates over WSUS.
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