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Windows XP isn't dead, new patch released... :)
« on: 04. May 2014., 10:22:56 »


Microsoft has released patches for the latest critical security vulnerability plaguing Internet Explorer, including for Windows XP – despite months of claiming that it would never release another patch for the outdated OS past April 8 of this year.

According to a blog post by Microsoft's general manager of Trustworthy Computing: http://blogs.technet.com/b/microsoft_blog/archive/2014/05/01/updating-internet-explorer-and-driving-security.aspx , Adrienne Hall, Redmond only relented on its threat to leave XP users twisting in the wind because vulnerability CVE-2014-1776 was disclosed so soon after the patch cutoff date: https://technet.microsoft.com/en-US/library/security/2963983

"Even though Windows XP is no longer supported by Microsoft and is past the time we normally provide security updates, we've decided to provide an update for all versions of Windows XP (including embedded), today," Hall wrote. "We made this exception based on the proximity to the end of support for Windows XP."

Whatever Microsoft's excuse, the decision is still an about-face. Back in September, the software giant was the first to warn that any bug discovered in XP after April 8 would essentially be "a 'zero day' vulnerability forever": http://scforum.info/index.php/topic,8914.0.html

Now Redmond is going as far as to let us know that the patches went live at 10am PDT (5pm GMT) and that customers who don't have automatic updates enabled should hop on over to Windows Update and click "Check for Updates," like, nowish – despite the fact that Microsoft claims the vulnerability really isn't much of a big deal.

"The reality is there have been a very small number of attacks based on this particular vulnerability and concerns were, frankly, overblown," Hall wrote.

This, despite warnings from independent security experts – including UK and US government agencies – that Windows users should stay off IE altogether until Microsoft issues a fix.

What's more, Hall added, "Just because this update is out now doesn’t mean you should stop thinking about getting off Windows XP and moving to a newer version of Windows and the latest version of Internet Explorer."

Not that that would have done you much good before today. The bug that Thursday's patch fixes allows remote code execution – meaning it could let an attacker gain control of your system – and it affects all versions of Internet Explorer from 6 through 11, so even those running Microsoft's newest OS and browser should get a-patchin'.

When El Reg asked whether Thursday's patch was an indication that we can, in fact, expect future security updates for Windows XP, a Microsoft spokesperson pointed us to Hall's blog post but otherwise declined to comment.

(ElReg)

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Windows XP isn't dead, new patch released... :)
« on: 04. May 2014., 10:22:56 »

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Re: Windows XP isn't dead, new patch released... :)
« Reply #1 on: 04. May 2014., 14:21:00 »
Can we agree not to mention XP ever again?

Please?

Just like Windows 95 is not welcome anymore!

Or 3.11

OR MS-Dos 6.22

Or Atari OS ;p
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Re: Windows XP isn't dead, new patch released... :)
« Reply #2 on: 04. May 2014., 16:40:38 »
DOS IS welcome :C

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Re: Windows XP isn't dead, new patch released... :)
« Reply #3 on: 04. May 2014., 20:15:38 »
DOS IS welcome :C

:) I must admit... Still feel nostalgic when it comes to MS Dos... Still: it was a horrible OS with many freezes, crashes and bouncing ping pong balls ;p

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Re: Windows XP isn't dead, new patch released... :)
« Reply #4 on: 04. May 2014., 20:37:27 »
Well, at that era they just hoped programs to return control to the OS rather than allocating CPU Time slices ;p
Anyway, DOS can always help to recover a system

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Re: Windows XP isn't dead, new patch released... :)
« Reply #4 on: 04. May 2014., 20:37:27 »

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Re: Windows XP isn't dead, new patch released... :)
« Reply #5 on: 09. May 2014., 21:51:17 »
Can we agree not to mention XP ever again?

Please?

...

hmmm... NO! :P

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DOS AND XP.
« Reply #6 on: 20. January 2015., 09:32:24 »
AHA.

I Am Still Using An HDD With Double Boot DOS6 And XP.

Sorry For The Inconvenience - Not.

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Re: Windows XP isn't dead, new patch released... :)
« Reply #7 on: 16. February 2015., 10:51:37 »

Anyway, DOS can always help to recover a system

"always"? Hell no! NO decent modern hard drive can be read or used. No NTFS. Memory support? No no no no!

Nobody uses TRUE MS-DOS disks any longer. Almost nobody at least because yes, the other day I had to update my BIOS with an MS Dos boot floppy. That was the first time in a decade I actually had to use MS Dos...
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« Reply #7 on: 16. February 2015., 10:51:37 »

 

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