Microsoft said it was highly unlikely

Even manages to compromise Vista remotely without authentication:

http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/01/30/Critical-Windows-bug-proves-highly-exploitable_1.html

I figure the Windows users in here that hate the Mac so much might not
have read this.
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