Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 14th Sep 2007 14:02 UTC, submitted by tux68
Microsoft has begun patching files on Windows XP and Vista without users' knowledge, even when the users have turned off auto-updates. Many companies require testing of patches before they are widely installed, and businesses in this situation are objecting to the stealth patching. "Normal behaviour," according to Microsoft.
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Member since:2005-07-06
So each and every time you update, you go ahead and verify the server you are getting your updates from hasn't been compromised and is who it says it is? Somehow, I doubt that, and I can guarantee you most people wouldn't. Most people would just blindly enter their credentials and let the fake server do it's thing.
Please please please, I'll ask one more time, think before you post.
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2007-02-17
... but not such a weakness for update notifiers which still require manual input of credentials by a local user before any update is installed.
Also not such a weakness for any system where the binary executable payloads that are supposed to be coming from repositories are independently verifiable as authentic (by compilation of source).
Edited 2007-09-15 14:12