Windows Vista Under Zero-Day Attack

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March 31, 2007

The so-called most secured operating system ever, Windows Vista is seeing increased amount of attacks one day after Microsoft disclosed the security hole withing the the mouse cursor. The newly discovered vulnerability is in the .ani files that change the cursor into animation while loading programs. The hole allows malicious websites to use those files to install their code into visitor’s computer. Worth noting that Windows 2000 SP4, Win XP SP2 and some versions of Windows 2003 Server are also infected with the same flaw. This all comes soon after Microsoft started claiming credits for the world’s most secured system, which they say may not need Anti Virus! Wonder if we can sue them for it. More on the news here.

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The most secure Windows machine is one that’s switched off :)

Comment by 3baid on April 1, 2007 @ 1:44 am

lol you said it :)

Comment by Bashar on April 1, 2007 @ 7:37 am

Piece of advice: Just wait until 2010 comes along, because by then they’ll have pulled support of XP and fixed bugs in Vista.

Comment by Kroms on April 1, 2007 @ 8:32 am

Well, you gave the farthest deadline :)
I was thinking not before 2008. Problem is, until year 2010 your PC will be almost dead, and any new PC comes with Vista!

I was waiting for Mac Tiger release, but it’s postponed!

Comment by Bashar on April 1, 2007 @ 9:42 am

[...] is ofcourse in addition to many other holes that are getting patched everyday, like last animation cursor that got immediate patch. My advise if you want to be mostly secured is to have good antivirus, [...]

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