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Windows 7 vulnerability

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Gordon

Flightless Bird
"Dave "Crash" Dummy" <invalid@invalid.invalid> wrote in message
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>
> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/2028859.mspx
>


successful code execution is unlikely due to memory randomization. In most
scenarios, it is much more likely that an attacker who successfully
exploited this vulnerability could cause the affected system to stop
responding and automatically restart.

We are not aware of attacks that try to use the reported vulnerability or of
customer impact at this time.
 
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Trev

Flightless Bird
"Dave "Crash" Dummy" <invalid@invalid.invalid> wrote in message
news:5IPIn.12317$rU6.2211@newsfe10.iad...
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/2028859.mspx
>
> "This vulnerability only impacts Windows systems that have the Windows
> Aero theme installed." ... "Disabling the Windows Aero theme prevents
> this issue from being exploited on affected systems."
> --
> Crash
>
> Morals allow predatory animals to live in large herds.


So Win 7 32 bit does not Use Aero only 64 Bit
 
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Trev

Flightless Bird
Re: Windows 7 vulnerability Theirs More

"Trev" <trev_uk@hotmail.com invalid> wrote in message
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>
> "Dave "Crash" Dummy" <invalid@invalid.invalid> wrote in message
> news:5IPIn.12317$rU6.2211@newsfe10.iad...
>>
>> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/2028859.mspx
>>
>> "This vulnerability only impacts Windows systems that have the Windows
>> Aero theme installed." ... "Disabling the Windows Aero theme prevents
>> this issue from being exploited on affected systems."
>> --
>> Crash
>>
>> Morals allow predatory animals to live in large herds.

>
> So Win 7 32 bit does not Use Aero only 64 Bit

Theirs More
Microsoft Windows 7, when running on 64-bit platforms, allows local users
to cause a denial of service (crash), as demonstrated using "Browse with
Irfanview" and certain actions on a folder containing a large number of
thumbnail images in "Resample" mode, possibly related to the ATI graphics
driver, cdd.dll, or win32k.sys.
 
F

Frankster

Flightless Bird
Please don't post god knows how many individual MS security advisories to
this forum. Geeze... You've got tens of thousands still left that that
have not been posted here.

-Frank

"Dave "Crash" Dummy" <invalid@invalid.invalid> wrote in message
news:5IPIn.12317$rU6.2211@newsfe10.iad...
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/2028859.mspx
>
> "This vulnerability only impacts Windows systems that have the Windows
> Aero theme installed." ... "Disabling the Windows Aero theme prevents
> this issue from being exploited on affected systems."
> --
> Crash
>
> Morals allow predatory animals to live in large herds.
 
K

Ken Blake

Flightless Bird
On Wed, 19 May 2010 14:08:03 +0100, "Trev" <trev_uk@hotmail.com
invalid> wrote:


> So Win 7 32 bit does not Use Aero only 64 Bit



No, not correct. They both do.


Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) since 2003
 
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Dave \Crash\ Dummy

Flightless Bird
Ken Blake wrote:
> On Wed, 19 May 2010 14:08:03 +0100, "Trev" <trev_uk@hotmail.com
> invalid> wrote:
>
>
>> So Win 7 32 bit does not Use Aero only 64 Bit

>
>
> No, not correct. They both do.


Perhaps, but only the 64 bit build is subject to this vulnerability.
--
Crash

English is not my native tongue; I'm an American.
 
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Jeff Layman

Flightless Bird
But it is new and almost specific to Windows 7. And I'd rather read it ten
times in different places than not at all.

And this isn't a forum - it's a newsgroup.

--

Jeff

"Frankster" <frank@SPAM2TRASH.com> wrote in message
news:UuidnYUOXb7Ld27WnZ2dnUVZ_gednZ2d@giganews.com...
> Please don't post god knows how many individual MS security advisories to
> this forum. Geeze... You've got tens of thousands still left that that
> have not been posted here.
>
> -Frank
>
> "Dave "Crash" Dummy" <invalid@invalid.invalid> wrote in message
> news:5IPIn.12317$rU6.2211@newsfe10.iad...
>>
>> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/2028859.mspx
>>
>> "This vulnerability only impacts Windows systems that have the Windows
>> Aero theme installed." ... "Disabling the Windows Aero theme prevents
>> this issue from being exploited on affected systems."
>> --
>> Crash
>>
>> Morals allow predatory animals to live in large herds.

>
 
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Alias

Flightless Bird
Jeff Layman wrote:
> But it is new and almost specific to Windows 7. And I'd rather read it
> ten times in different places than not at all.
>
> And this isn't a forum - it's a newsgroup.
>


Where top posting -- especially with a delimiter -- is frowned upon.

--
Alias
 
F

Frank

Flightless Bird
On 5/19/2010 11:41 AM, Alias wrote:
> Jeff Layman wrote:
>> But it is new and almost specific to Windows 7. And I'd rather read it
>> ten times in different places than not at all.
>>
>> And this isn't a forum - it's a newsgroup.
>>

>
> Where top posting -- especially with a delimiter -- is frowned upon.
>

By who? You? A freaking lying linturd pimp?
STFU!!!
 
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Trev

Flightless Bird
"Dave "Crash" Dummy" <invalid@invalid.invalid> wrote in message
news:c4WIn.73761$0M5.48271@newsfe07.iad...
> Ken Blake wrote:
>> On Wed, 19 May 2010 14:08:03 +0100, "Trev" <trev_uk@hotmail.com
>> invalid> wrote:
>>
>>
>>> So Win 7 32 bit does not Use Aero only 64 Bit

>>
>>
>> No, not correct. They both do.

>
> Perhaps, but only the 64 bit build is subject to this vulnerability.
> --
> Crash
>
> English is not my native tongue; I'm an American.


Yes but its not aero that is at fault
 
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Jeff Layman

Flightless Bird
"Alias" <aka@maskedandanymous.org.invalido> wrote in message
news:ht1bdc$7jq$1@news.eternal-september.org...
> Jeff Layman wrote:
>> But it is new and almost specific to Windows 7. And I'd rather read it
>> ten times in different places than not at all.
>>
>> And this isn't a forum - it's a newsgroup.
>>

>
> Where top posting -- especially with a delimiter -- is frowned upon.
>


True, and I reply with bottom posting except where the reply to the OP has
been made with top posting. It makes little sense to respond to that reply
with bottom posting, effectively splitting the message into a nonsense order
where you want to keep all the message information.

--

Jeff
 
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Frank

Flightless Bird
On 5/19/2010 1:15 PM, Jeff Layman wrote:
> "Alias" <aka@maskedandanymous.org.invalido> wrote in message
> news:ht1bdc$7jq$1@news.eternal-september.org...
>> Jeff Layman wrote:
>>> But it is new and almost specific to Windows 7. And I'd rather read it
>>> ten times in different places than not at all.
>>>
>>> And this isn't a forum - it's a newsgroup.
>>>

>>
>> Where top posting -- especially with a delimiter -- is frowned upon.
>>

>
> True, and I reply with bottom posting except where the reply to the OP
> has been made with top posting. It makes little sense to respond to that
> reply with bottom posting, effectively splitting the message into a
> nonsense order where you want to keep all the message information.
>

Uhhhh...that's way above alias ability to comprehend.
 
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Peter Foldes

Flightless Bird
Nothing to do with Aero

--
Peter

Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others
Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be acknowledged.
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

"Dave "Crash" Dummy" <invalid@invalid.invalid> wrote in message
news:c4WIn.73761$0M5.48271@newsfe07.iad...
> Ken Blake wrote:
>> On Wed, 19 May 2010 14:08:03 +0100, "Trev" <trev_uk@hotmail.com
>> invalid> wrote:
>>
>>
>>> So Win 7 32 bit does not Use Aero only 64 Bit

>>
>>
>> No, not correct. They both do.

>
> Perhaps, but only the 64 bit build is subject to this vulnerability.
> --
> Crash
>
> English is not my native tongue; I'm an American.
 
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Dave \Crash\ Dummy

Flightless Bird
Peter Foldes wrote:
> Nothing to do with Aero


Don't tell me, tell Microsoft. I was just quoting their advisory.
--
Crash

"Something there is that doesn't love a wall, that wants it down."
~ Robert Frost ~
 
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DanS

Flightless Bird
"Jeff Layman" <jmlayman@invalid.invalid> wrote in
news:ht1gst$rqj$1@news.albasani.net:

> "Alias" <aka@maskedandanymous.org.invalido> wrote in
> message news:ht1bdc$7jq$1@news.eternal-september.org...
>> Jeff Layman wrote:
>>> But it is new and almost specific to Windows 7. And I'd
>>> rather read it ten times in different places than not at
>>> all.
>>>
>>> And this isn't a forum - it's a newsgroup.
>>>

>>
>> Where top posting -- especially with a delimiter -- is
>> frowned upon.
>>

>
> True, and I reply with bottom posting except where the
> reply to the OP has been made with top posting. It makes
> little sense to respond to that reply with bottom posting,
> effectively splitting the message into a nonsense order
> where you want to keep all the message information.


That's a good point, as the poster that did the top-post in
the first place is most likely expecting that.

I think the bigger issue was that MS Live Mail put the quoted
text below the delimiter. As you can see, the OPs context is
now lost because a compliant newsreader does not include the
OPs sig & delimiter when you select 'Reply' or 'Followup', as
I did here or Alias did before.

Instead of splitting the message, it deletes the text of the
original message. So if that was important info that may be of
use in a later post in the same thread, you would need to go
back and re-read messages to find the missing info.

(This is just FYI. I don't care one way or the other. I'm not
defending anyone, my 'panties arent in a bunch', or whatever
other sayings some persons may use to personally attack me.)
 
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Jeff Layman

Flightless Bird
"DanS" <t.h.i.s.n.t.h.a.t@r.o.a.d.r.u.n.n.e.r.c.o.m> wrote in message
news:Xns9D7DC8D7A5CC5thisnthatroadrunnern@216.196.97.131...
> "Jeff Layman" <jmlayman@invalid.invalid> wrote in
> news:ht1gst$rqj$1@news.albasani.net:
>>
>> True, and I reply with bottom posting except where the
>> reply to the OP has been made with top posting. It makes
>> little sense to respond to that reply with bottom posting,
>> effectively splitting the message into a nonsense order
>> where you want to keep all the message information.

>
> That's a good point, as the poster that did the top-post in
> the first place is most likely expecting that.


Indeed. If you top post, most likely that's your default, and you either
want it that way, don't know the difference, or don't know/care about the
convention.

> I think the bigger issue was that MS Live Mail put the quoted
> text below the delimiter. As you can see, the OPs context is
> now lost because a compliant newsreader does not include the
> OPs sig & delimiter when you select 'Reply' or 'Followup', as
> I did here or Alias did before.


Still, at least WLM offers the option of top or bottom posting, whereas OE
didn't, and Quotefix was required for automatic bottom-posting.

> Instead of splitting the message, it deletes the text of the
> original message. So if that was important info that may be of
> use in a later post in the same thread, you would need to go
> back and re-read messages to find the missing info.
>
> (This is just FYI. I don't care one way or the other. I'm not
> defending anyone, my 'panties arent in a bunch', or whatever
> other sayings some persons may use to personally attack me.)


How very true... ;-)))

--

Jeff
 
X

XS11E

Flightless Bird
DanS <t.h.i.s.n.t.h.a.t@r.o.a.d.r.u.n.n.e.r.c.o.m> wrote:

> (This is just FYI. I don't care one way or the other. I'm not
> defending anyone, my 'panties arent in a bunch', or whatever
> other sayings some persons may use to personally attack me.)


How about 'Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of
elderberries'?

http://pythonline.com/youtube_archive/french-taunter


--
XS11E, Killing all posts from Google Groups
The Usenet Improvement Project:
http://twovoyagers.com/improve-usenet.org/
 
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Dave

Flightless Bird
"Jeff Layman" <jmlayman@invalid.invalid> wrote in message
news:ht2rp6$opa$1@news.albasani.net...
> "DanS" <t.h.i.s.n.t.h.a.t@r.o.a.d.r.u.n.n.e.r.c.o.m> wrote in message
> news:Xns9D7DC8D7A5CC5thisnthatroadrunnern@216.196.97.131...
>> "Jeff Layman" <jmlayman@invalid.invalid> wrote in
>> news:ht1gst$rqj$1@news.albasani.net:
>>>
>>> True, and I reply with bottom posting except where the
>>> reply to the OP has been made with top posting. It makes
>>> little sense to respond to that reply with bottom posting,
>>> effectively splitting the message into a nonsense order
>>> where you want to keep all the message information.

>>
>> That's a good point, as the poster that did the top-post in
>> the first place is most likely expecting that.

>
> Indeed. If you top post, most likely that's your default, and you either
> want it that way, don't know the difference, or don't know/care about the
> convention.
>
>> I think the bigger issue was that MS Live Mail put the quoted
>> text below the delimiter. As you can see, the OPs context is
>> now lost because a compliant newsreader does not include the
>> OPs sig & delimiter when you select 'Reply' or 'Followup', as
>> I did here or Alias did before.

>
> Still, at least WLM offers the option of top or bottom posting, whereas OE
> didn't, and Quotefix was required for automatic bottom-posting.
>
>> Instead of splitting the message, it deletes the text of the
>> original message. So if that was important info that may be of
>> use in a later post in the same thread, you would need to go
>> back and re-read messages to find the missing info.
>>
>> (This is just FYI. I don't care one way or the other. I'm not
>> defending anyone, my 'panties arent in a bunch', or whatever
>> other sayings some persons may use to personally attack me.)

>
> How very true... ;-)))
>
> --
>
> Jeff
>
>


Jeff,
Haven't seen you post much so I assume you're new to the group. Don't let
either of them get to you, they constantly try to disrupt the ng with rants
about Unix and now it looks like they have nothing better to do than look
for netiquette, when they don't know what it is to start with.
HTH,
Dave
 
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Jeff Layman

Flightless Bird
"Dave" <davidj92@wowway.com> wrote in message
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>
> Jeff,
> Haven't seen you post much so I assume you're new to the group. Don't let
> either of them get to you, they constantly try to disrupt the ng with
> rants about Unix and now it looks like they have nothing better to do than
> look for netiquette, when they don't know what it is to start with.
> HTH,
> Dave


You mean you haven't got a Troll Alarm icon in the Notification Area that
flashes when one is detected? I thought everyone had one. ;-)))

I've had Win7 only a few months, but have made a few posts. Had 3.1/NT4/XP
for many years, so trolls are nothing new. I'm still undecided as to
whether or not Bill Gates is a troll...

--

Jeff
 
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