WGA Notification (KB905474) can be hidden

[kurttrail]

Windows Genuine Advantage Notification (KB905474) can be hidden, but MS tries to FUD people into thinking that their security may be compromised by hiding it!

Important

You've hidden important updates
You've asked us not to show you one or more high-priority updates but your computer might be at risk until they are installed. Restore them now


Don't you believe this nonsense, as nothing can be further from the truth!

--
Peace!
Kurt Kirsch
Self-anointed Moderator
http://microscum.com
"It'll soon shake your Windows
And rattle your walls
For the times they are a-changin'."

 

[Dan]

Windows Genuine Advantage Notification (KB905474) can be hidden, but MS tries to FUD people into thinking that their security may be compromised by hiding it!

Important

You've hidden important updates
You've asked us not to show you one or more high-priority updates but your computer might be at risk until they are installed. Restore them now


Don't you believe this nonsense, as nothing can be further from the truth!

I find it interesting that according to this web site, XP Pro. has 28
unpatched vulnerabilities. It makes me wonder why Microsoft says XP
Pro. is so secure.

 

[Jon]

Windows Genuine Advantage Notification (KB905474) can be hidden, but MS
tries to FUD people into thinking that their security may be compromised by
hiding it!

Important

You've hidden important updates
You've asked us not to show you one or more high-priority updates but
your computer might be at risk until they are installed. Restore them now


Don't you believe this nonsense, as nothing can be further from the truth!

--
Peace!
Kurt Kirsch
Self-anointed Moderator
http://microscum.com
"It'll soon shake your Windows
And rattle your walls
For the times they are a-changin'."


One particularly good way of hiding it is not to install it in the first
place.

Jon

 

[kurttrail]

I find it interesting that according to this web site, XP Pro. has 28
unpatched vulnerabilities. It makes me wonder why Microsoft says XP
Pro. is so secure.

http://secunia.com/product/22/

It is secure compared to its previous OSs, that they stopped providing
patches for.

One has to learn how to understand Microsoftenese. MS Marketing has a
language all its own.

--
Peace!
Kurt Kirsch
Self-anointed Moderator
http://microscum.com
"It'll soon shake your Windows
And rattle your walls
For the times they are a-changin'."

 

[kurttrail]

message Windows Genuine Advantage Notification (KB905474) can be hidden, but
MS tries to FUD people into thinking that their security may be
compromised by hiding it!

Important

You've hidden important updates
You've asked us not to show you one or more high-priority
updates but your computer might be at risk until they are installed.
Restore them now

Don't you believe this nonsense, as nothing can be further from the
truth!

I guess I wan't clear. My fault.

The High Priority listing of KB905474 in Microsoft Update can be hidden,
unlike most other High Priority Updates listed on Microsoft Update.

--
Peace!
Kurt Kirsch
Self-anointed Moderator
http://microscum.com
"It'll soon shake your Windows
And rattle your walls
For the times they are a-changin'."

 

[Ghostrider]

I find it interesting that according to this web site, XP Pro. has 28
unpatched vulnerabilities. It makes me wonder why Microsoft says XP
Pro. is so secure.

It is all in the eye of the beholder. Having just 28 unpatched
vulnerabilities could be very small, proportionally, when one
considers all of the lines of code in Windows XP, each of which
can result in at least one or more vulnerabilities. IOW, when
there is a target looming on the horizon, it is open to potshots
from all comers, deservedly or not. Sort of makes one wonder just
how lucky one might be whilst standing on a street corner in the
center of Baghdad, Kabul or even Los Angeles.

 

[kurttrail]

It is all in the eye of the beholder. Having just 28 unpatched
vulnerabilities could be very small, proportionally, when one
considers all of the lines of code in Windows XP, each of which
can result in at least one or more vulnerabilities. IOW, when
there is a target looming on the horizon, it is open to potshots
from all comers, deservedly or not. Sort of makes one wonder just
how lucky one might be whilst standing on a street corner in the
center of Baghdad, Kabul or even Los Angeles.

LOL! What BS! 28 known upatched vulnerabilities is an insane amount!
With that many KNOWN holes, we are talking about a sieve!

--
Peace!
Kurt Kirsch
Self-anointed Moderator
http://microscum.com
"It'll soon shake your Windows
And rattle your walls
For the times they are a-changin'."

 

[Dan]

It is secure compared to its previous OSs, that they stopped providing
patches for.

One has to learn how to understand Microsoftenese. MS Marketing has a
language all its own.

I think I can see where you are coming from in regards to Windows. <grin>

 

[Winux P]

: Ghostrider wrote:
:
: > Dan wrote:
: >
: >> kurttrail wrote:
: >>
: >>> Windows Genuine Advantage Notification (KB905474) can be hidden, but
: >>> MS tries to FUD people into thinking that their security may be
: >>> compromised by hiding it!
: >>>
: >>> Important
: >>> You've hidden important updates You've asked us not to
: >>> show you one or more high-priority updates but your computer might
: >>> be at risk until they are installed. Restore them now
: >>>
: >>> Don't you believe this nonsense, as nothing can be further from the
: >>> truth!
: >>>
: >> I find it interesting that according to this web site, XP Pro. has 28
: >> unpatched vulnerabilities. It makes me wonder why Microsoft says XP
: >> Pro. is so secure.
: >>
: >> > http://secunia.com/product/22/
: >
: >
: > It is all in the eye of the beholder. Having just 28 unpatched
: > vulnerabilities could be very small, proportionally, when one
: > considers all of the lines of code in Windows XP, each of which
: > can result in at least one or more vulnerabilities. IOW, when
: > there is a target looming on the horizon, it is open to potshots
: > from all comers, deservedly or not. Sort of makes one wonder just
: > how lucky one might be whilst standing on a street corner in the
: > center of Baghdad, Kabul or even Los Angeles.
:
: LOL! What BS! 28 known upatched vulnerabilities is an insane amount!
: With that many KNOWN holes, we are talking about a sieve!
:
: --
: Peace!
: Kurt Kirsch
: Self-anointed Moderator
: http://microscum.com
: "It'll soon shake your Windows
: And rattle your walls
: For the times they are a-changin'."
:

It gets even funier than that, hold your belly before it bursts from
laughter, let all around you know that you're in a profound fit of laughter
and not crying yourself to death, don't need to really read the webpage;

http://www.thechannelinsider.com/article2/0,1895,1941801,00.asp

It's titled,

"Apple Gets Security Lecture from Microsoft"

- Winux P