On 2006-01-04, Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> posted something concerning:
> __/ [Sinister Midget] on Wednesday 04 January 2006 07:32 \__
>
>> http://www.pcworld.com/resource/article/0,aid,124142,pg,1,RSS,RSS,00.asp
>>
>> Users of the Windows OS should install an unofficial security patch
>> now, without waiting for Microsoft to make its move, security
>> researchers at The SANS Institute's Internet Storm Center (ISC) advised
>> this week.
>>
>> .....
>>
>> Microsoft advised on December 28 that to exploit a WMF vulnerability
>> by e-mail, "customers would have to be persuaded to click on a link
>> within a malicious e-mail or open an attachment that exploited the
>> vulnerability." Microsoft's advisory can be found online.
>>
>> However, simply viewing the folder that contains the affected file,
>> or even allowing the file to be indexed by desktop search utilities
>> such as the Google Desktop, can trigger its payload, F-Secure's
>> Chief Research Officer Mikko Hypponen wrote in the company's blog.
>>
>> I think they forgot to consult our own horse's ass, Mr. Ed. He assures
>> us all is well. Evidently they're still operating from a position of
>> ignorance.
>
> You promised daily niceties. Where is today's nicety? I thought that any
> message that target Microsoft Windows directly misses the point of
> advocating Linux. I still abide by this belief, but evidently I reply to the
> wrong partent. *smile*
I sent a kind word in the early AM. In another post, nder the title
"Good Word for teh Monopolists: Day 4". I only promised one per day
(don't want to overdose, dotcha know).
Turning over these new leaves takes time to develop and take hold
before further steps can be considered.
I certainly didn't resolve to *not* take shots. But I thought I'd start
the year moving in that direction. Sorta like someone swearing off
smoking: "I resolve to smoke one less cigarette every day this year.
Or, at *least* one less per week if I forget on any particular day."
Anyway, in the title of the post in which I praised them, I mistyped
"the", backed up and deleted the miscreant letters, then retyped them.
The damned things switched themselves around while I wasn't looking
anyway.
--
If Bill Gates had a penny for every time a Windows box
crashed....Oh, wait a minute, he already does.
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