__/ [ B Gruff ] on Sunday 04 February 2007 21:36 \__
> On Sunday 04 February 2007 20:35 Dr. GroundAxe wrote:
>
>> COLA loons told us Vista would be cracked wide open a few days after
>> release. Nothing yet.
>
> So now you are telling us that Vista secure?
>
> In that case, what about the age-old myth that "Windows has so many
> problems only because it's a big target"?
>
> What are you telling us?
>
> Are you telling us that we were lied to, and that previous incarnations of
> Windows were actually Insecure By Design?
>
> - or are you telling us that we were told the truth, and that if Vista has
> the same take-up as XP etc., it too will be just as insecure as they were?
Scary /deja vu/.
Windows Vista: It's More Secure, We Promise
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| Well, allow me to take a moment to remind everyone of something that
| you might not remember - XP was also touted as being ultra secure.
| Seriously, can anyone honestly look themselves in the mirror and say
| this is the gospel truth? You have got to be kidding me. Similar to
| XP, Microsoft promises to have the most secure Windows version to date
| yet again.
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http://www.osweekly.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2357&Itemid=449
Prior to release:
eEye Research
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| Description:
| A flaw exists within Windows Vista that allows local privilege
| escalation to SYSTEM.
|
| Operating Systems Affected:
| Microsoft Windows Vista
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http://research.eeye.com/html/advisories/upcoming/20070119a.html
You know, I'm working at home at the moment and hte network is painfully
slow. It must be the Window zombies. I foresee many more mass-diconnections
with large fines and suspesion. It's Monday tomorrow. The network will be
monitored again.
Botnet 'pandemic' threatens to strangle the net
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| Cerf estimated that between 100 million and 150 million of the
| 600 million PCs on the internet are under the control of hackers,
| the BBC reports. "Despite all that, the net is still working,
| which is pretty amazing. It's pretty resilient," he said.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/01/26/botnet_threat/
Just before I left the office half an hour ago I saw a BSoD on a colleague's
idle machine. He wasn't there at all, so this was spontaneous. A chance of 1
in 4 that he's pwned. Happened to him many times before and there's little
one can do...
How Long Does It Take To Catch A Computer Virus?
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| Would you believe only 8 seconds?
|
| In fact, after only 8 seconds, the unsuspecting little rascal was
| undergoing the machine equivalent of being turned into a "Pod
| person from the planet Mars!" First, it was hit by Sasser, one of
| the fastest spreading worms on the Internet. Then it started
| downloading strange programs from mysterious internet addresses.
| Then it started looking for other machines to infect.
|
| Within five minutes, the little rapscallion was running so many
| malicious programs that it was running totally choked up and its
| CPU was 100% occupied performing virus-related tasks.
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http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=197002712&subSection=All+Stories
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~~ Best wishes
Roy S. Schestowitz | Vista: Windows XP with bling-bling, nothing else
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