RSSDoS Flaw Found in Windows XP, Server
By the Betanews Staff | Published June 2, 2006, 1:12 PM
Security firm Secunia warned Thursday of a new flaw within Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 that could cause a denial of service issue. The vulnerability can be exploited to cause a buffer overflow, which in turn would cause Windows to crash. Labeled as a "less critical" vulnerability, the flaw could be used to execute arbitrary code, but Secunia was unable to prove that in tests.
Microsoft said that it was investigating the issue, however was not aware of any attack vectors that attempt to exploit the problem. "The vulnerability has been confirmed on a fully patched system with Microsoft Windows XP SP2 and Microsoft Windows 2003 Server," Secunia wrote in its advisory. It is unclear if Microsoft plans to address the flaw on its next Patch Tuesday, scheduled for June 13.
Maybe all of you people here should join the army. Then you can come up with the real thing. What is this? Holy wars?
Is there not one in your bunch of expert technicians and administrators who could give a somewhat in depth comment to this article?
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What has happened to you all? Got too bored? Don't have any experience with this?
A pity. I was looking forward for some kind of experienced comment, which you usually give in a really interesting way, and which I usually respect and profit from a lot.
A real pity.
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|A pity. I was looking forward for some kind of experienced comment, which you usually give in a really interesting way, and which I usually respect and profit from a lot.
You new here? ;)
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|So added with the fact that all the major free software distributors have updates out, and OpenOffice said the virus threat is dependent on user interaction, not to mention Microsoft dropping PDF support in Office 2007, this marks for a very well balanced IT playing field now.
Anyone willing to bet for over-all performance Ubuntu and Fedora both will outperform both Apple and Microsoft OSs?
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|Ok who cares about a MAC?
Mac's clam to fame latly seems to be "uh they dont write virus' about us."
On that note i give you this.
http://www.cad-comic.com/comic.php?d=20060513
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|The Apple commercials are just dumb. You cant base facts off of commercials.
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|Oh, like we can take your comments for good soure of info - rolling eyes -
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|O.K. lets ruffle some feathers. Not to long ago Cnet put the new Intel Duo MacBook against a regular boring Windows XP laptop. Both laptops were evenly matched except the MacBook had a higher memory speed, 666MHz to 566MHz of the Acer. And what do you know, even with the Intel chip they still lost to Windows XP. And of course the only thing they outscore the Acer with was the beauty contest. But they got their a$$e$ kicked in every single performance category, which is the only thing that matters to non Apple users. The only thing they almost won was the Serenson Squeeze Video. 4.12 to 4.41min and this was while running Windows XP. And the same test took OS X 25 Minutes to complete. Now I’m really looking forward to the excuses why Mac got pummeled.
http://reviews.cnet.com/...-10442_7-6511774-1.html
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|Well dip me in $hit and roll me in bread crumbs.
I haven’t seen a beating like that since Ike and Tina:-) LMAO
Sorry Macheads, that must really hurt;-)
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|Now I know you can't be serious with that, right? I just assumed you knew that the only reason that the ACER beat the MacBook Pro is because ADOBE PHOTOSHOP CS (and the additional) benchmarks were used in NON-NATIVE Intel applications. Adobe PS CS was in PPC native code.
You do understand what non-native intel applications are right?
Acer's benchmarks reflect intel-native (optimised for intel PCs) applications so OFCOURSE the intel optimised would run faster!
QUOTED DIRECTLY FROM THE CNET ARTICLE:
"After Apple released Boot Camp, we loaded Windows XP onto the MacBook Pro, ran the tests again, and got results that were just slightly faster than the Acer's."
Do some research before you quote totally incorrect information.
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|Incorrect data does not hurt at all, in fact it just asserts the fact that PC users will blindly follow data no matter how biased it is.
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|Spoken like a true moron. You must be Canadian.
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|A moroon? A MOROON?
Good job ace. Way to really deliver a stinger.
ROTFLMAO HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
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|That would be an insult to canadians, he is just your generic, moron..
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|I think you found another fan, dohboy! Dance for him now, MONKEY!!!
Hahahaha..
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|Just because I mistyped doesn't change the fact that you are an idiot.
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|You know what's weird? The data is always incorrect when windows comes out on top. LOL
PC users don't blindly follow that's what Apple loyalist do. Do you guys get 72 virgin iMacs when you die??? LMAO
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|Yeah yeah, once again with the NON-NATIVE Intel applications. LOL
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|GCoder, you may want to read that article one more time. Even with the revised Photoshop tests (in which Mac is the winner), MacBook Pro still loses in the overall performance score. It only managed to outperform Acer on 2 out of 5 tests!!!
So, MacBook Pro is still the loser here...
As you said: "Do some research before you quote totally incorrect information."
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|Another day another fix. Mac/Linux-heads: I've never SEEN anyone losing data (to viruses/hackers) if they turned on automatic Windows Updates and ran an updated anti-virus... Nothing else. The chances are there, but they're so remotely slim it isn't a selling point for another OS... So use what makes you happy and preach all you want. But you probably should preach to your own peeps since I see 20% drop in Mac OS usage within 2 years of Windows Vista release. I'd wager $$ on it, too...
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|Vista?
YAWN.
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|another lame comment, brought to you by the complete moron.
Maybe Vista is too complex for you, and you just can't figure it out..
MAC, you can't find games on it now can you? Yeah, that's what I thought...
Keep making comments, we love to fill up the board with foder..
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|There's hundreds of games for Macs. Some of the most addicting ones too...
Aero is going to piss OpenGL games up the wall. Bad bad bad.
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|So Vista doesn't support it natively. Bummer. but it's not like your video card drivers can't, right?
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|If you have Aero on then OpenGL will be in an emulation layer. There's no way around it to my knowledge, except disabling Aero.
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|*shrug*
Far as I know, XP was the only Windows OS to build in support for it, and it ran fine as far back as 3.1.
Did I miss something? Didn't think OS was the limiting factor here, but Driver support was.
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|Come on RJIP where is you flamer comments about Macs?
You entertain me everyday with your BS
Entertain me today fanboi
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|You are worse than he. At least he admits he has a problem--you, on the other hand, blame problems on others.
Doesn't help your case that you cannot even spell his name (rijp)
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|Dont worry, he already entertained me more today than he ever has with his incoherent rants.
I mispell his name ONPURPOSE... LOL
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|LOL. I don't worry about GCoder, he is a worthless peon, with nothing else better to do than to walk around with his head up my ass..
Reminds me of my standard poodle, only my dog is smarter than he will ever be.
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|yeah, sure you did. right.. It doesn't matter anyway. Its not my name, you dweeb.
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|*Dont worry, he already entertained me more today than he ever has with his incoherent rants.*
First you say "entertain" you, then you claim to already be entertained? I think you are putting too much ritalin in your cereal there, rice crispy geek.
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|with his head up my ass.
That sounds...
...uncomfortable. (to say the least)
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|LOL@this article having 2 comments!
What happened to all the PC fanboys flaming on the Intel Macs article?
Why so silent all of a sudden?
(flame on PC fanboys...give it your best!)
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|What? We didn't flame Intel Mac? Why would we flame the same product that WE use currently?
Or rather, AMD is the CPU of choice. So if anything we are slamming Intel for not having the same support as AMD, rather than Slamming Apple, that's what YOU do, PC users, we don't slam other products..
It's the one's that have NOT, that have a problem with those that HAVE.
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|AMD is the CPU of choice.
Well, for some of us. I seem to recall some gent stating his 3.0 Ghz Intel 530 suits him quite well. ;)
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|No problem.
F.E.A.R.
Far Cry
Need For Speed: Most Wanted
To name a few.
What've you got?
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|I seem to recall someone stating his 6.7ghz Opteron desktop suits him quite well. ;)
http://valid.x86-secret.com/show_oc.php?id=93439
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|YAWN is right!
except that I am tired of PC fanboys always saying that thier "OS" is better than anythig else.
GET A MAC!
(flame all you want PC fanboys, I look forward to laughing at your pathetic comments)
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|I'll get a mac when pigs fly. Boy Apple as released about 20-40 fixes this year how many has MSFT released? 15-20. Apple does not look very good sorry.
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|LOL@15 MS fixes!
Pigs are flying alright...
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|I've always found us "PC fanboys" are defending our OS, while everyone else seems to try to say their OS is better. Why should I get a mac? I like being able to install almost any software or hardware on my machine without worrying about it being supported.
[ btw, thanks for not using "boi" ;) ]
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|PC users and Mac users can live in harmony...
I can totally understand the logic behind defending the OS that you use.
I disagree with PC users that attack MACS just because they are using somthing different.
PC and Mac users are more alike than many people care to realize...
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|Maybe I have filtered vision, but I almost never see PC users attacking macs. I see them showing benchmarks and tests that refute Mac users claims to superiority...but even then, they are usually responding to mac zealots, or at worst trying to beat them to the punch.
The problem I observe is that most mac users take any criticism (honest or not) of their OS personally...they just have to believe their mac is the best there is. PC users acknowledge their OS is flawed (to be fair how can we not), but feel the higher level of compatibility and larger software library compenstate for that.
And knowledgable PC users know they can compensate for almost all OS flaws with trustworthy 3rd party software, vigilance, and safe practices.
I myself feel use what you like...and don't try to convert me. I have used OS X, several versions of windows, dabbled with couple versions of Linux, even played around with BeOS; and still find Windows is the best fit for my everyday use.
...waiting for Linux users to start ranting about our use of "PC" to indicate Windows...
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|*Maybe I have filtered vision, but I almost never see PC users attacking macs.*
you know, that's a very good point. I don't see any of that either.
I agree, that MAC is somewhat useful, and it does have its place, and in some ways it is better than PC, but I use a PC, it puts food on my table, so I won't be totally abandoning it. I would buy a MAC, if I had an extra 4000 dollars.. on a good one.
I will just save my duckets for Vegas, thanks.
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|*I disagree with PC users that attack MACS just because they are using somthing different.*
That's what he said, douche bag, PC users *DON'T* attack MAC users, you ignorant ramapaging swine!
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|Hey dork!, Last week, maybe 2, Apple had 43, yes, 43 Security Fixes for Apple.
Dumb ass!
Pigs fly up your stupid ass, but you can't even follow simple news, moron.
Get a clue, or just get another forum. You suck
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|*GET A MAC!*
Some of us PC users DO have a MAC.
*(flame all you want PC fanboys, I look forward to laughing at your pathetic comments)*
We PC users don't feel the need to flame, unlike you open source, Apple, and Linux Biggots.
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|*I will just save my duckets for Vegas, thanks.*
Don't save your money for Vegas, I live there (here?), individual casinos pay more in taxes for in a month than most of us will see in our lives...collectively.
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|ignorant ramapaging swine!
Nice.
I prefer, "Warthog faced buffoon", or "Miserable, vomitous mass".
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|People should realy do research :)
Thanks
My numbers were rounded off. So they may be off :)
Thanks again
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|...
Yawn.
Anybody else finding these ceaseless revelations
tiresome ?
Keep your system updated. Virus scan it. Don't
open unknown attachments. Sleep well at night.
...
The Computer Rodent
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|AMEN!
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|You make it sound so easy.. You forgot defrag, and registry cleaner... : )
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|3 Apps:
NOD32.
Tune-Up Utilities 2006 (Mainly for the 1-Click Maintenance feature)
O&O Defrag.
Why, do you ask?
All are simple. All require little to no user intervention. All can be used by virtually *anyone* with little to no understanding of windows.
...but most of all, because they work.
The first and last require no intervention at all, and are simply set-it-and-forget-it utilities. They will do the work for you without pestering you or sucking up precious system resources.
The second one could not *be* any easier. Throw the "1 Click Maintenance" Icon on the desktop and tell the user to click it once a day. When it's done, click "Correct Problems" and "finish".
Like I said, requires no technical know-how whatsoever.
These apps are purchased for every PC I own, and recommend them to every client I work with.
(I have been known to swap O&O with the default windows defrag utility and a scheduled task, but it just doesn't work for folks who shut their systems off overnight.)
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