Re: Vista Security Flaw - Serious Risk of Cyberattacks


"ed" <news@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:1175277202.107404.276490@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
On Mar 30, 10:39 am, Snit <S...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
"ed" <n...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> stated in post
1175276297.742624.91...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx on 3/30/07 10:38 AM:
> On Mar 30, 1:19 am, Sandman <m...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> <snip>
>>> In article <iadvocate-3DEADB.19043229032...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
>>> iMojo <iadvoc...@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

>>>> By Joris Evers
>>>> Staff Writer, CNET News.com
>>>> Published: March 29, 2007, 12:14 PM PDT

>>> Tsk tsk! You forgot a URL iMojo! Here is one to this article as
>>> published at the New York Times:

>>> <http://www.nytimes.com/cnet/CNET_2100-1002_3-6171727.html?ex=1175
>>> 832000&en=7ee8d6c5a2c2e350&ei=5043&partner=EXCITE>

>>> NOTE: This is the 3rd major security flaw found inVista.

>>>> Sample code that demonstrates the vulnerability has already been >>>> posted on
>>>> the Web, McAfee said in a security alert sent to customers. "Malware
>>>> exploiting this vulnerability has been observed in the wild," the >>>> security
>>>> company said in the alert

>>> This is the firstVistasecurity flaw to have known malware in
>>> the wild.

>> So,Vistahas less market share than OSX and still has more security
>> flaws? There goes that secure through obscurity nonsense.

> except vista has higher market share than os x, not less. heck, ms
> has shipped more copies of vista than os x has for an INSTALLED BASE,
> nevermind market share.

How many of those you count in the "installed base" for Vista are actually
in the hands of customers?

perhaps you didn't notice, but i *SPECIFICALLY* mentioned the copies
ms has *shipped* outstrips the installed base of os x. but it's
pretty clear that the number of copies (of vista) in customer hands
will be higher than that of os x within the next month if it isn't
already (which by itself shoots down sandman's argument, as
anticipated base is just as good for malware authors. they probably
like to plan ahead too. ;P ).



I see that as a dumb Wintroll you can't even use capital letters to start a sentence. I guess it goes right along with being technically incompetent.

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