MICRO$OFT ANNOUNCES BRILLIANT NEW SECURITY FLAW IN FLAGSHIP OS

It was a big day in Redmond, Washington as Bill Gates' world dominating mega-company, Micro$oft announced that their flagship software, Windows XP contains an exciting new feature that allows users' computers to be controlled by total strangers over the Internet!! Isn't that exciting? It will revolutionize EVERYTHING ABOUT COMPUTING....

It might even drive people to use Linux or just buy a Mac... ;)

Read more about it at Reuters.





From Reuters Asia:

Microsoft Warns of Flaw in Windows

Wed July 16, 2003 09:35 PM ET
SEATTLE (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp. MSFT.O said on Wednesday that a critical flaw in most versions of its flagship Windows software could allow hackers to take control of a computer over the Internet to steal, delete and snoop on a user's data.

The flaw works by exploiting a tool that allows one computer to run programs on another computer over the Internet or over corporate networks, Microsoft said in a security bulletin.

Microsoft has promised to improve the security and reliability of its software 18 months ago in a memo issued by Chairman Bill Gates.

Redmond, Washington-based Microsoft said that a patch was available for that could be downloaded to fix the problem.

Computer security company Internet Security Systems Inc. ISSX.O issued a warning describing the flaw as an "enormous threat and appropriate patches provided by Microsoft should be immediately applied."

Users with security firewalls installed on their computers, which block such attacks, would normally be protected, ISS said.

The flaw exists in Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows XP as well as Microsoft's newest major operating system, Windows Server 2003, used to manage networked computers.

Window Server 2003's launch in April of this year was the first major product introduction since Microsoft launched its Trustworthy Computing initiative.

(c)2003 Reuters