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Windows Loophole Spawns Zombies Which Attack the Web

Microsoft have realised that there was a critical security flaw, which
potentially converted Windows machines into zombies. They patched up the
O/S...

http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1879102,00.asp

But guess what? A mistake was made. There is still a loophole. What does
Microsoft do? Release another patch? Oh, no. They go after the hijackers:

http://www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=0HJBRZJ2FG3A0QSNDBECKHSCJUMEKJVN?articleID=172901083&pgno=1

In the midst of it all, my site is getting hammered by zombies (over 1,000
per day since the beginning of the month).

When will Microsoft get their s**t together and let the rest of the world
leave in peace, i.e. without zombies? Will they ever properly test what they
unleash to the market?


Roy (very bitter)

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