Re: PSA: Windows PCs face 'huge' virus threat: 1990 - Present

Why do these vulnerabilities continue to exist and be exploited in Windoze?
If I were Bill Gates, I would have a witch-hunt and find who did not plug
these holes and as a result, some heads would role. Maybe there would be
less holes in the future.


"John Steinberg" <seesig@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:030120061106446611%seesig@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Phil Wheeler wrote:
>
>> Odd name for a Virus, John :-)
>
> Touché, Phil. 8^)
>
> More seriously, this isn't a virus but rather a vulnerability. An open
> door, a hole in the OS that can be exploited through the use of
> malicious code, if you will. In an ever increasingly wired world, OS
> exploits become gigundous problems, for all of us.
>
> MS details it more comprehensively here:
> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/912840.mspx
>
> Also, I need to check with my wife on that restaurant name. I can
> always get there, but I'm less reliable with names, Fred.
>
> --
> -John Steinberg
> email: not@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx


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