Consumer Alert: RPC Vulnerability!!!

[Don Burnette]

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My only "argument" is that Microsoft should make products that don't
need to be patched twice a week. And with all your childish insults,
you've failed to answer that very simple question.

Wow twice a week? Bit of an exageration there perhaps????

I must have missed a LOT of updates then...

Don Burnette

 

[Don Burnette]

Really. Hackers are going to find ways to exploit weaknesses in any OS they
focus on. When they do, and it becomes known, MS is quick to put an update
out for it on windows update.
Same priciple as to how anti-virus software works, someone creates a virus,
it becomes known, the AV companies create a fix, and update their definition
files. If the USER does not keep their OS and AV files up to date, then who
is to blame??? God gave us enough sense to get out of the rain.
Anyone, who thinks an OS should be perfect, invulnerable, and never need
updating, has no business owning a computer to start with. Best to sell it
off or donate it to a charitable group.

Don Burnette

Proud User of XP Pro since Dec 01.
No crashes.
No viruses.
No popups
No activation problems
No worms.

System rock solid, stable, and trouble free.

Don Burnette

 

[EGMcCann]

Oh, he was very bright in his response to you, he was right on.
Worthless troll - sums it up pretty good.

He and Mike both. That's why they're both in my killfile.



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If you have to ask if your copy of XP is 32 or 64 bit, it's 32.
Getting Messenger popups? Turn on your firewall!
Patch from Microsoft:
http://tinyurl.com/h84v
More info from MS:
www.microsoft.com/security/incident/blast.asp

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[Bill James]

This is likely a case of the patch leading to a worm. It has happened before, someone discovers the vulnerability, Microsoft creates a patch for it, information about it is published, giving the devious minded virus writer the details of how to use the hole for an attack. Since many users don't keep up to date with security patches the worm/virus is going to be successful. It's not at all uncommon to see computers newly infected from a virus that has had a security patch released a year or more ago. Those who say MS should have known about the vulnerability and done something sooner, or prevented it in the first place, have no concept of the complication of millions of lines of code and the ways it can be twisted in ways never anticipated.

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[kurttrail]

I agree with another poster, you seriously need to get a life

Thanks for your concern, but my life is really none of your business,
and is totally off-topic!

- if
you hate XP so much, why are you so fascinated with it that you spend
so much time in these forums?

I have two main reasons:

1.) To provide my fellow consumers a contrary opinion to that of MS, in
order that they can make more informed judgements on their own.

2.) Because it's my job to support MS flawed software at work, so where
better to hear about them all!

And who said I hated XP, just think MS has way over-valued it, with
monopoly-protected pricing, and licensing FUD!

You just like to read your own
typewritten words of babble?

Actually I rather despise reading my own words, because I can't ever
read them without wanting to edit or add something.

Get off on it?

Well, I'd have to admit that I have gotten hard while reading my own
words on a very few occasions, but I've never been exited to the point
of orgasm.

Good grief, I keep my system secure and up to date with critical
updates - guess what, no worm!! Whoo, imagine that. NO, I did not fix
it - dang, what about that????

Goody for you! I guess that makes you either a Windows Update junkie,
or are risking to be Automatically Updated with a bad patch, like
811493!

You know, at times you can make some decent arguments, but posts like
this show your true nature.
I think you need a Lobotomy.

At least then we would be arguing at the same intelligence level!

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[kurttrail]

Oh, he was very bright

Was he?

in his response to you, he was right on.

Right on what?

Worthless troll - sums it up pretty good.

Yet you keep responding to me. If I and my opinions were truely
worthless in your eyes, then you would wastse you time responding to my
worthlessness! Illogical to then end!

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[Mike Terenni]

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Wow twice a week? Bit of an exageration there perhaps????

I must have missed a LOT of updates then...

Don Burnette

An exaggeration? Actually it was an understatement. You must indeed
have missed these updates, which are for WinXP alone, from JULY alone:

Buffer Overrun In HTML Converter Could Allow Code Execution (823559)
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?url=/technet/security/bulletin/MS03-023.asp

Buffer Overrun in Windows Could Lead to Data Corruption (817606)
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?url=/technet/security/bulletin/MS03-024.asp

Buffer Overrun In RPC Interface Could Allow Code Execution (823980)
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?url=/technet/security/bulletin/MS03-026.asp

Unchecked Buffer in Windows Shell Could Enable System Compromise
(821557)
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?url=/technet/security/bulletin/MS03-027.asp

Unchecked Buffer in DirectX Could Enable System Compromise (819696)
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?url=/technet/security/bulletin/MS03-030.asp

And here is a page to enlighten you further. Tell me, when you view
this page of security updates, does it scream "quality software" to you?

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?url=/TechNet/security/current.asp

 

[Mike Torenni]

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He and Mike both. That's why they're both in my killfile.

What is it, psychologically, that goes on to make people like you feel
the need to make an announcement whenever they (supposedly) add someone
to their block list? Is it "I can't compete, I give up! I admit it!"?

 

[Opinicus]

you really need to get a life!

What he needs is to populate a killfile.

 

[John]

Don Burnette, after spending 3 minutes figuring out which end of the pen to use,
wrote:

I agree with another poster, you seriously need to get a life - if you hate
XP so much, why are you so fascinated with it that you spend so much time in
these forums? You just like to read your own typewritten words of babble?
Get off on it?
Good grief, I keep my system secure and up to date with critical updates -
guess what, no worm!! Whoo, imagine that. NO, I did not fix it - dang, what
about that????
You know, at times you can make some decent arguments, but posts like this
show your true nature.
I think you need a Lobotomy.

Imagine that...someone points out flaws, and you use an argument about their
character, instead of using some form of intelligence and arguing the actual
subject.
No one needs a lobotomy, but you might actually go back to the hospital
yourself and ask if they can reverse the one you've already had.

John
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If the Matrix was run by WindowsXP: http://www.matrix-xp.com/index2.php?lang=eng
(download the movie to find out!)

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[John]

Don Burnette, after spending 3 minutes figuring out which end of the pen to use,
wrote:

The whiny twit doesn't even run XP, so he wouldn't know - he just is here to
bash it and get attention, something he obviously majorly lacks in the real
world. Probably began as a childhood thing.
I swear, if we all just simply would not reply to him perhaps he would go
away - he needs that confrontation, it feeds him and makes him in some crazy
way feel good about himself.

You've got him pegged pretty good EG, as I suspect more and more have as
well.

I've always hated cockroaches...

Hmm...the only ones I see here whining, are you and EG. Instead of trying to
logically argue your points and apologies for M$' screwups, you both complain
about persons who point out the flaws.
It also looks more like *you're* the one who "gets off" on seeing his own
words...they make you seem so brazen and bold! Wow.
Don't "suspect"...it takes a lot more brain power than you've shown to
actually have.
If you hate cockroaches so much, clean your damn house and quit living in a
sty, or tell your friends to quit leaving their egg sacs there after they
visit.

John
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(download the movie to find out!)

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[Michael W Ryder]

OK, Mike, I'm going to spell this out V E R Y S L O W L Y for you.

Yes, the flaw existed.

Microsoft created a patch for it. You know, software that fixes it?

Microsoft put it in an easy to find location: "Windows Update."

Windows Update is easy to find. Click on "Start" and look at the menu. Gasp!
One Click to launch it!

If THAT's too much work, by default, Windows Update also DOWNLOADS the
updates automatically and tells you they're ready to install.

THIS UPDATE has been out for nearly a month. Plenty of time for it to be
downloaded.

All the user needs to do is tell it to install.

A DOUBLE-CLICK.

Has Microsoft done EVERYTHING POSSIBLE short of SENDING PEOPLE OUT TO YOUR
HOME or Business and DOUBLE CLICKING THE F'ING ICON FOR YOU to get this
installed and close this security hole?

Hint: The answer's not "No." And no "What if I were in a coma for a year and
JUST woke up today" stories.

What about the people who bought a computer in the last couple of days?
They can not even get into the website to get the updates to fix the
problem because they are infected and booted off before they get that
far. The problem is Microsoft's for not fixing a bug that is Many years
old. If the person has had the machine for awhile and not updated the
program they are partly at fault. But there are those who will not use
Windows Update becuase it may trash their computer.

 

[kurttrail]

Another one????

Even if I were totally effin' brain dead, you wouldn't stand a chance in
hell of keeping up with me!

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[Don Burnette]

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You are equating a critical OS security flaw to the need for AV
updates? The difference is that when an AV vendor issues an update,
it is to protect its customers from things other people are doing.
When Microsoft issues a critical security update, it is protecting its
customers from what it should have been doing.

Or, in the words of Microsoft spokesman Sean Sundwall,

"Ultimately, it's a flaw in our software," he said.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20030813/ap_on_hi_te/internet_attack


You might consider a reading comprehension course...

 

[Don Burnette]

Don Burnette, after spending 3 minutes figuring out which end of the
pen to use, wrote:



Imagine that...someone points out flaws, and you use an argument
about their character, instead of using some form of intelligence and
arguing the actual subject.
No one needs a lobotomy, but you might actually go back to the
hospital yourself and ask if they can reverse the one you've already
had.

John

Ohh Johnnie, I just knew you'd show up.
Keep Kurt comfy ok?

 

[kurttrail]

Don Burnette wrote:

Why would I not keep my windows up to date? Oh, and yes, I have
applied all the updates including 811493, no adverse effect on my
system.
Oh my, imagine that!

Goody for you!

LOL - you kill me.

Naw, you were already brain dead, long before we met here!

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[Don Burnette]

Don Burnette wrote:



Goody for you!


Naw, you were already brain dead, long before we met here!

Far, far from it.
I should learn - never argue with an idiot, he only wears you down to his
level, then beats you with experience.

 

[kurttrail]

Ohh Johnnie, I just knew you'd show up.
Keep Kurt comfy ok?

Ooh! How long did it take you to come up with that come back?

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[kurttrail]

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20030813/ap_on_hi_te/internet_attack


You might consider a reading comprehension course...

Explain what you mean by that? Or are you only here to insult people?

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