Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 9th Aug 2005 21:54 UTC
Microsoft has released six patches for its Windows operating system today. Three of them are rated critical, one important and two moderate. The three critical ones are related Internet Explorer, Print Spooler and PnP. They all three fix issues where your machine could be taken over completely.
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RE[2]: Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA)
by on Wed 10th Aug 2005 23:17
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Member since:So the Warez kiddies in the know get to patch but the ones that are not get hammered by the hacks (if and when they come out). Should be interesting.
What happened to MS letting everyone have security updates to protect the net/etc? Or do they think everyone still has Automatic Updates still turned on?
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>As someone else noted, this includes the WGA checker. I'm concerned that this might kill my installation
The WGA checker doesn't kill your installation it just denies access to Windows Upate and Microsoft Download Center if your copy isn't "Genuine".
The thingy was hacked in the first 24 hours after release (search google if want).
You can also still get updates by using the "Automatic Updates" function (it does no checks).
Still it's annoying as hell do they actually expect people to pay for their trash?
At least with Linux you get what you pay for (i.e. nothing!).
Damn I wish we would live in a better OS world...