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07/20/2010 12:23 AM
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Re: new hole in Windows via .lnk extension - MS tells users to disable asap their ICONS ...
How much of a problem is it if you have a decent firewall/anti-virus?

someday you will see
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No shit, which is why i'm asking ahead of time.
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07/20/2010 12:25 AM
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Re: new hole in Windows via .lnk extension - MS tells users to disable asap their ICONS ...
I got one word for you all........


M A C !!!!!
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07/20/2010 12:27 AM
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I got one word for you all........


M A C !!!!!
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before you Mac users begin your gloating, you’re not safe either. In fact it’s a much bigger flaw which can affect the iPod touch, iPhone and iPad, because they all use the same OS X base. Security researcher Ilja van Sprundel from IOActive discovered this hole. He can use it to manipulate the IOKit element of the operating system and through that exploit a wide range of bugs to affect Mac OS X devices
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07/20/2010 12:29 AM
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Re: new hole in Windows via .lnk extension - MS tells users to disable asap their ICONS ...
Open Source is hands down bar none more secure then closed source like windows and mac
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07/20/2010 12:30 AM
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detailed video:
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07/20/2010 12:32 AM
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Re: new hole in Windows via .lnk extension - MS tells users to disable asap their ICONS ...
Please read ..
"This vulnerability is most likely to be exploited through removable drives."

So don't plug usb key or any removable disk that is not your own until they find a fix. They never said this flaw could be used through internet.
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07/20/2010 12:34 AM
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Re: new hole in Windows via .lnk extension - MS tells users to disable asap their ICONS ...
if i not click to the internet explorer, i still be taken control?
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07/20/2010 12:35 AM
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Re: new hole in Windows via .lnk extension - MS tells users to disable asap their ICONS ...
Wow.

So now .icon files are infected.

Just wow.

Well, as my co-worker in Professional Services used to say
"Windows has more backdoors than a Mexican WhoreHouse"

Linux is a lot better but I have to run winblows cuz all my audio apps are winbloze.

Sucks.
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07/20/2010 12:37 AM
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Re: new hole in Windows via .lnk extension - MS tells users to disable asap their ICONS ...
Wow.

So now .icon files are infected.

Just wow.

Well, as my co-worker in Professional Services used to say
"Windows has more backdoors than a Mexican WhoreHouse"

Linux is a lot better but I have to run winblows cuz all my audio apps are winbloze.

Sucks.
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clearly your audio apps have equal or better versions in linux or can be run under wine...
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07/20/2010 12:39 AM
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Linux is a lot better but I have to run winblows cuz all my audio apps are winbloze.

Sucks.

clearly your audio apps have equal or better versions in linux or can be run under wine...
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1022207


[link to ardour.org]

* Unlimited audio tracks and buses
* Non-destructive, non-linear editing with unlimited undo
* Anything-to-anywhere signal routing
* Unlimited pre- and post-fader plugins
* 32 bit floating point audio path
* Automatic track delay compensation
* Sample accurate automation
* Standard file formats (BWF, WAV, WAV64, AIFF, CAF & more ...)
* Full AudioUnit plugin support on OS X
* More than 200 LADSPA & LV2 plugins freely available
* Support for Windows VST plugins available
* MIDI CC control with 1 click
* Level 2 MIDI Machine Control
* MIDI Timecode (MTC) Master or Slave
* Full integration with all JACK applications
* Video-synced playback, pull up/pull down
* No copy-protection
* Distributed, world-wide development
* Released under the GPL
* Source code for everyone
* Open XML session file format
* On OS X, works with any CoreAudio supported audio hardware
* On Linux, works with any ALSA/FFADO-supported audio hardware
* Network audio (full fidelity over local network or long haul with CELT) via NetJack
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07/20/2010 12:45 AM
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Re: new hole in Windows via .lnk extension - MS tells users to disable asap their ICONS ...
And yet another reason why windows vista and 7 suck major ass!!!


Can't beat XP. I just checked the registry editor for the file they spoke of seems XP doesnt have it.
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07/20/2010 12:49 AM
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Re: new hole in Windows via .lnk extension - MS tells users to disable asap their ICONS ...
Linux is a lot better but I have to run winblows cuz all my audio apps are winbloze.

Sucks.

clearly your audio apps have equal or better versions in linux or can be run under wine...


[link to ardour.org]

* Unlimited audio tracks and buses
* Non-destructive, non-linear editing with unlimited undo
* Anything-to-anywhere signal routing
* Unlimited pre- and post-fader plugins
* 32 bit floating point audio path
* Automatic track delay compensation
* Sample accurate automation
* Standard file formats (BWF, WAV, WAV64, AIFF, CAF & more ...)
* Full AudioUnit plugin support on OS X
* More than 200 LADSPA & LV2 plugins freely available
* Support for Windows VST plugins available
* MIDI CC control with 1 click
* Level 2 MIDI Machine Control
* MIDI Timecode (MTC) Master or Slave
* Full integration with all JACK applications
* Video-synced playback, pull up/pull down
* No copy-protection
* Distributed, world-wide development
* Released under the GPL
* Source code for everyone
* Open XML session file format
* On OS X, works with any CoreAudio supported audio hardware
* On Linux, works with any ALSA/FFADO-supported audio hardware
* Network audio (full fidelity over local network or long haul with CELT) via NetJack
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1022207



Yeah but half these armchair studio engineers online don't even know what a bus is Or how to use it.

Good lookin app tho....To bad I will never use either of those OS's and If one used macs why in the crap would you use this wannabee DAW? when there is tons better ones.
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07/20/2010 12:53 AM
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Re: new hole in Windows via .lnk extension - MS tells users to disable asap their ICONS ...
Linux is a lot better but I have to run winblows cuz all my audio apps are winbloze.

Sucks.

clearly your audio apps have equal or better versions in linux or can be run under wine...


[link to ardour.org]

* Unlimited audio tracks and buses
* Non-destructive, non-linear editing with unlimited undo
* Anything-to-anywhere signal routing
* Unlimited pre- and post-fader plugins
* 32 bit floating point audio path
* Automatic track delay compensation
* Sample accurate automation
* Standard file formats (BWF, WAV, WAV64, AIFF, CAF & more ...)
* Full AudioUnit plugin support on OS X
* More than 200 LADSPA & LV2 plugins freely available
* Support for Windows VST plugins available
* MIDI CC control with 1 click
* Level 2 MIDI Machine Control
* MIDI Timecode (MTC) Master or Slave
* Full integration with all JACK applications
* Video-synced playback, pull up/pull down
* No copy-protection
* Distributed, world-wide development
* Released under the GPL
* Source code for everyone
* Open XML session file format
* On OS X, works with any CoreAudio supported audio hardware
* On Linux, works with any ALSA/FFADO-supported audio hardware
* Network audio (full fidelity over local network or long haul with CELT) via NetJack



Yeah but half these armchair studio engineers online don't even know what a bus is Or how to use it.

Good lookin app tho....To bad I will never use either of those OS's and If one used macs why in the crap would you use this wannabee DAW? when there is tons better ones.
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like that junk pro-tools

well after a half year they have a buggy hog version for win7
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Re: new hole in Windows via .lnk extension - MS tells users to disable asap their ICONS ...
And yet another reason why windows vista and 7 suck major ass!!!


Can't beat XP. I just checked the registry editor for the file they spoke of seems XP doesnt have it.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1018327

windows 95R2 is better then XP lol
hell dos is better then both..

really think about it..
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Re: new hole in Windows via .lnk extension - MS tells users to disable asap their ICONS ...
And yet another reason why windows vista and 7 suck major ass!!!


Can't beat XP. I just checked the registry editor for the file they spoke of seems XP doesnt have it.

windows 95R2 is better then XP lol
hell dos is better then both..

really think about it..
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1022207



I have a cousin who thought like you do and kept win 95 up till way into the 2000's. He touted certain things as superior.


You have something in common with vista, know what it is? Taking 20 seconds to open appz! lol
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07/20/2010 01:06 AM
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Re: new hole in Windows via .lnk extension - MS tells users to disable asap their ICONS ...
And yet another reason why windows vista and 7 suck major ass!!!


Can't beat XP. I just checked the registry editor for the file they spoke of seems XP doesnt have it.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1018327

I couldn't seem to locate it either.
XP SP3
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07/20/2010 01:07 AM
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Re: new hole in Windows via .lnk extension - MS tells users to disable asap their ICONS ...
LOL and Steve Balmer was laughing about the iPhone antenna problem-which will get fixed. (After their teen iPhone died after 2 months)

Stupidly he compared the iPhone to WINDOWS VISTA!!!!!! "Apples VISTA" he said

HE was upfront in telling us that he fucked us over by selling us VISTA and admitting that it was a piece of shit. WHAT an idiot


WINDOWS IS ANCIENT TECHNOLOGY in a new package and will fail forever
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07/20/2010 01:09 AM
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Re: new hole in Windows via .lnk extension - MS tells users to disable asap their ICONS ...
LOL and Steve Balmer was laughing about the iPhone antenna problem-which will get fixed. (After their teen iPhone died after 2 months)

Stupidly he compared the iPhone to WINDOWS VISTA!!!!!! "Apples VISTA" he said

HE was upfront in telling us that he fucked us over by selling us VISTA and admitting that it was a piece of shit. WHAT an idiot


WINDOWS IS ANCIENT TECHNOLOGY in a new package and will fail forever
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and so will OSX if left closed source.
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07/20/2010 01:13 AM
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POST A SCREEN SHOT AFTER IT IS DISABLED
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applause lmao
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07/20/2010 01:13 AM
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"SUCKM3 FROM EXPLORER.EXE MOTH4FUCKA #@!"..sounds like a pretty sophisticated cyber plot to me.

Wow Obama passed that latest "kill-switch" legislation just in the nick of time.. blobr
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07/20/2010 01:14 AM
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Ubuntu here and wondering why people continues to use Windows
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Cause everyone knows that a Chinese sneeze doesn't work with all puters.
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07/20/2010 01:18 AM
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Re: new hole in Windows via .lnk extension - MS tells users to disable asap their ICONS ...
yes you have read right.

a new hole has been found in Wintendo and it is used by script kiddies :

[link to www.h-online.com]

To get infected you need only to display a infected ICON. You need not even to double click it. It will launch silently by itself if it is a infected *.LNK file that contains code. Windows Vista and 7 are even more at risk, because the new Explorer displays not only Icons, but thumbnails and previews for nearly every document format around..


The only solution per MS advisory is to disable the ShellIconHandler key in regedit for LNK files.

This leads to some sort of inconvenience because a lot of icons will be missing after the "solution" ..

Be prepared for missing icons on the Desktop,the startmenu and in explorer, depending on the Windows versions even in the control panel .. white icons or only text, the "picture" is gone.

The security hole is found in every Windows OS, including Xp,Vista and 7.
 Quoting: Windows without icons, wow. 1041582


If I dare say so, there isn't any computer security as long as Microsoft is around...

Why don't we all give up on this microsoft thing once and for all.

There are alternatives.

About 6,090,000 Google results (0.22 seconds)
(That's six million, ninety thousand results for those of you who can't understand numbers due to our wonderous educational system we have here in the United (Altered) States of America.)

[link to www.google.com]
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07/20/2010 01:19 AM
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Re: new hole in Windows via .lnk extension - MS tells users to disable asap their ICONS ...
Biggest bottleneck in any modern day computer is your HDD.

Get a SSD even if you only install your o.s. onto it and use a HDD for the rest of your data.

;)

BTW, not all SSD's are created equally... do yur research!
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Open Source is hands down bar none more secure then closed source like windows and mac
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Open source is extremely unsecured, because its OPEN. Nobody sends out viruses against it like they do windows. ALL operating systems are vulnerable, its just Micro$oft is so hated world wide, they get hammered. MACs don't get viruses because how secure they are, its because they aren't being attacked.
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07/20/2010 01:21 AM
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Re: new hole in Windows via .lnk extension - MS tells users to disable asap their ICONS ...
Too bad we use a GUI...
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I think eventually there will be an OS that is ENTIRELY web based. Web based firewalls and apps like Jinzora, webmin, and BASE have shown me the possibilities in this concept.

I have considered building me a minimal linux system with just X that jumps straight into a browser- and to have all the normal OS control to be http based.
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07/20/2010 01:24 AM
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Re: new hole in Windows via .lnk extension - MS tells users to disable asap their ICONS ...
Open source is extremely unsecured, because its OPEN. Nobody sends out viruses against it like they do windows. ALL operating systems are vulnerable, its just Micro$oft is so hated world wide, they get hammered. MACs don't get viruses because how secure they are, its because they aren't being attacked.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1041978

clearly you are sadly misinformed. lmao

because its open there is nothing to hide. WTF is wrong with schools these days....
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Too bad we use a GUI...

I think eventually there will be an OS that is ENTIRELY web based. Web based firewalls and apps like Jinzora, webmin, and BASE have shown me the possibilities in this concept.

I have considered building me a minimal linux system with just X that jumps straight into a browser- and to have all the normal OS control to be http based.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1031277


What will eventually happen is web browsers will run through a virtual machine. Just run firefox on a VMWare layer, and you are good to go.
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Re: new hole in Windows via .lnk extension - MS tells users to disable asap their ICONS ...
If I dare say so, there isn't any computer security as long as Microsoft is around...

Why don't we all give up on this microsoft thing once and for all.

There are alternatives.

About 6,090,000 Google results (0.22 seconds)
(That's six million, ninety thousand results for those of you who can't understand numbers due to our wonderous educational system we have here in the United (Altered) States of America.)

[link to www.google.com]
 Quoting: J.H.F.C. 889802


And if you don't mind me saying so...

I've never seen anything more ominous on GLP or anywhere else for that matter.


"Microsoft 'DISCOVERED' a "security breach!!!!"

When are you idiot Americans going to realize that MICROSOFT designed these "SECURITY BREACHES!!"
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Re: new hole in Windows via .lnk extension - MS tells users to disable asap their ICONS ...
Open source is extremely unsecured, because its OPEN. Nobody sends out viruses against it like they do windows. ALL operating systems are vulnerable, its just Micro$oft is so hated world wide, they get hammered. MACs don't get viruses because how secure they are, its because they aren't being attacked.

clearly you are sadly misinformed. lmao

because its open there is nothing to hide. WTF is wrong with schools these days....
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1022207


You need to reread what you just wrote. If there is nothing to hide then anybody who knows what they are doing could easily manipulate it. Are you stupid...





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