● 10.09.09
●● Vista 7 Left Hijackable Again (Almost a Monthly Recurrence)
Posted in Microsoft, Security, Vista 7, Windows at 10:44 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
Summary: Vista 7 has new security flaws in it and Microsoft reveals “largest-ever patch Tuesday”
THE reality behind Vista 7 includes some harsh facts about insecurities. Vista 7 has had many severe security flaws so far, and it’s not even released yet. See for instance:
Cybercrime Rises and Vista 7 is Already Open to HijackersVista 7: Broken Apart Before ArrivalDepartment of Homeland Security ‘Poisoned’ by Microsoft; Vista 7 is Open to Hijackers AgainVista 7 Security “Cannot be Fixed. It’s a Design Problem.”Why Vista 7 Could be the Least Secure Operating System EverJournalists Suggest Banning Windows, Maybe Suing Microsoft Over DDoS AttacksVista 7 Vulnerable to Latest “Critical” FlawsVista 7 Seemingly Affected by Several More “Critical” Flaws This MonthReason #1 to Avoid Vista 7: Insecurity
This great number of vulnerabilities shatters the Microsoft myth that its operating system’s market share (on the desktop) is the cause of all problems. Upon product launch, Vista 7 will be dangerous ‘out of the box’.
Slashdot’s headline states that “Microsoft Plans Largest-Ever Patch Tuesday” and the referenced article makes it clear that Vista 7 is also affected.
Unlucky 13 sets record as biggest-ever patch day, includes first-ever for Windows 7 RTM[...]The company will ship a total of 13 updates next week, eight of them pegged “critical,” the highest threat ranking in its four-step scoring system, beating the previous record of 12 updates shipped in February 2007 and again in October 2008.
That’s another one for the list of Vista 7 security flaws. But it’s only the tip of the iceberg. “[G]reat explanation on Microsoft.com of the terrible cost of Windows’ susceptibility to viruses,” writes Glyn Moody, who has just found this embarrassing page which would be a valuable reference to claims that Windows flaws cost the economy trillions of dollars. █
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