Star Rivals Attack Vista As Illegal Under EU Rules
Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 26th Jan 2007 21:37 UTC
Windows A coalition of rivals charged on Friday that Microsoft's new Vista operating system coming out next week will perpetuate practices found illegal in the European Union nearly three years ago. The group, which includes IBM, Nokia, Sun Microsystems, Adobe, Oracle and Red Hat, said its complaints made last year are yet to be addressed just days before Vista is due for release.
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PlatformAgnostic
Member since:
2006-01-02

How is WMP a gaping security hole if you're not running it? I actually haven't heard of many complaints about its security in any case, so I'm inclined to think you're trolling.

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looncraz Member since:
2005-07-24

Windows Media Player's WMV format supports licenses. This provides a means for hackers to pull-in viruses and spyware onto an unsuspecting machine, simply by trying to play a movie.

Downright stupidity, really.

--The loon

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netpython Member since:
2005-07-06

Regardless if WMV supports licenses it's dead on to make a malignent *.wmv file.The licences should support verification just to be sure a package hasn't been screwed with.

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dylansmrjones Member since:
2005-10-02

It is possible to run WMP without knowing it. Like watching a movie clip in IE ;)

WMP is not just a front end but also a framework. And it's quite insecure according to Secunia. Perhaps the only insecure Media Player (I'm not aware of the situation for Mac OS X).

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