Microsoft Awkwardly Refreshes Windows Defender
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| While "version 7.0" appeared to be a legitimate version of Windows
| Defender, in fact, it's just a refreshed build. Many press sources,
| including BetaNews, were informed it was a significant update, and
| we reported it as such. But knowledgeable readers after having
| downloaded it from us and elsewhere spotted something fishy,
| and once again, they were right: The "new" Defender is really
| just a new build, version 1.1.1593.
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| [...]
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| Windows Defender supports 64-bit operating systems, but no longer runs on
| Windows 2000, because Microsoft says the aging operating system has left
| mainstream support.
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http://www.betanews.com/article/Windows_Defender_Jumps_to_Version_7/1173983324
Related:
Microsoft Turns Up The Heat On Windows 2000 Users
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| What if you want to keep your old operating systems, such as Windows
| 2000, running as long as possible?
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| Microsoft isn't making it easy for you. Office 2007 and the software
| for the company's much-hyped Zune music player won't install on Windows
| 2000. As other new products emerge from Microsoft in 2007 and beyond,
| more and more of them are likely to leave Windows 2000 out of the party.
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http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=196700071
Windows 2000 faces security melt down
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| Despite the fact that the operating system is as old as Spinola, and
| that Microsoft refused to service them any more, there is still a
| large number of Windows 2000 machines out there.
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| According to News.com, a "critical" Windows 2000 exploit has been
| released on the Internet designed to kick the crutch of the ageing
| operating system.
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| The exploit takes advantage of a security hole in a file system and
| print request application "Workstation Service". The flaw can be
| exploited remotely without any user interaction.
|
| [...]
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| Microsoft has released a patch for the operating system using
| security bulletin MS06-070. This is despite saying that it had
| given up on Windows 2000 and would not make any more security
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| fixes for it.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=35796
A little older:
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| Use of Microsoft Windows XP has grown inside corporations, but a new
| study shows that nearly half of business PCs are still running the
| older Windows 2000.
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http://news.com.com/The+slow+road+to+Windows+XP/2100-1016_3-5746046.html?part=rss&tag=5746046&subj=news
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