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Old 08-08-08   #11 (permalink)
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So what... I'll just reformat if I get infected anyways!
before they steal all your stuff unknowingly, of course


and.. whyd they say "game over"?! everyone knows it should be "gg"
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So what... I'll just reformat if I get infected anyways!
For some of us, that is a real pain the the a$$ !
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Easy way to avoid this is don't google XXX Torrent mp3 and click i'm feeling lucky
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why not? nothing bad could possibly happen.

yeah, most of the time the best anti-virus/firewall/anti-spy-ware is the user not being dumb.
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So it's a problem with INTERNET EXPLORER. And ActiveX! NOT Vista!
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This feat was achieved by taking advantage of the way that Internet Explorer (and other browsers) handle active scripting in the Operating System.
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The article also mentions that other browsers could be used in the same way, how hard is it to read the whole thing before running your mouth off?
How hard is it to post something constructive instead of negative?
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Easy way to avoid this is don't google XXX Torrent mp3 and click i'm feeling lucky
Well, I am feeling lucky. What's the big deal?

I'm sure they'll get a fix out for this. I know MS isn't the greatest, but they do try to fix these kind of flaws.
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Well, I am feeling lucky. What's the big deal?

I'm sure they'll get a fix out for this. I know MS isn't the greatest, but they do try to fix these kind of flaws.
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While this may seem like any standard security hole, other researchers say that the work is a major breakthrough and there is very little that Microsoft can do to fix the problems. These attacks work differently than other security exploits, as they aren't based on any new Windows vulnerabilities, but instead take advantage of the way Microsoft chose to guard Vista's fundamental architecture.
Fix would involve a large updated and possibly revamping how Vista's entire security works, or at least parts of it...

Alot of work, and cant be done fast.
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This is pretty major, it will be quite the fix for them to pull off. I'm just glad the researchers seem to be finding flaws first rather than "hackers"
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