Hackers target Microsoft Windows XP support system
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Hackers target Microsoft Windows XP support system
01-07-2010 5:21 PM
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Quote Hi-tech criminals are "escalating" attacks on an unpatched bug in the Windows XP help and support system.
Microsoft said it had seen more than 10,000 machines hit by the attack that, so far, it has not found a fix for.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/10473495.stm
Looks like a good time to change from Windows to Ubuntu !
Re: Hackers target Microsoft Windows XP support system
02-07-2010 5:04 PM
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Re: Hackers target Microsoft Windows XP support system
02-07-2010 5:49 PM
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What is the appropriate phone number to ring?
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Re: Hackers target Microsoft Windows XP support system
02-07-2010 5:56 PM
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Yeah right, like that's EVER going to happen, <spit>
Re: Hackers target Microsoft Windows XP support system
02-07-2010 5:58 PM
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No use to you Is It?
Quote from: A I didn't know that Windows XP has a help and support system.
What is the appropriate phone number to ring?
@purleigh
In your world perhap's not.
Quote Yeah right, like that's EVER going to happen, <spit>
Re: Hackers target Microsoft Windows XP support system
02-07-2010 9:52 PM
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Quote from: Steve No use to you Is It?
Quote from: A I didn't know that Windows XP has a help and support system.
What is the appropriate phone number to ring?
It would be useful.
I will have just one laptop with XP on it when W7 goes to University in a few months...
However, the XP laptop faces having Linux installed because XP on 512MBytes is so slow and clunky.
If M$ actually supported their products, I'm sure it would make even more wonga.
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Re: Hackers target Microsoft Windows XP support system
02-07-2010 10:50 PM
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Quote from: A If M$ actually supported their products, I'm sure it would make even more wonga.
They do, its called the Retail version, not the OEM version that comes with your machine - which is supposed to be supported by the manufacturer of your computer. And they make a lot more wonga if they manage to sell one of these retail versions!
Re: Hackers target Microsoft Windows XP support system
03-07-2010 1:42 AM
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Looks like Steve is right - support from Windows is not of any use/interest to me.
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16-07-2010 11:47 PM
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17-07-2010 10:55 PM
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