9.10.2003

More critical vulnerabilities revealed in Windows - theage.com.au: "Three more critical vulnerabilities, similar to that which was exploited by the Blaster worm last month, have been detailed by Microsoft overnight.
The vulnerabilities affect the latest operating system from the company, Windows Server 2003, and also Windows XP, Windows 2000 and NT 4.0.
Microsoft said the fix which the company provided patched the three newly discovered vulnerabilities and also superceded the patch issued in July for the vulnerability exploited by the Blaster worm.
The vulnerabilities affect RPC, the remote procedure call that allows computers to communicate with others across a network.
Microsoft said Windows ME, Windows 98, Windows 98SE and Windows 95 were not affected. However, it added that the last three named products were no longer supported by the company and urged users to upgrade to more recent versions. "

Here we go again... and the last line about not supporting 98, 98se or 95 sounds like a threat to me. Now here I go out on a limb, and I'm saying or accussing, but it seems like microsoft is the only one who is gonna profit if the older NOT SUPPORTED OS become infected.

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