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Re: 70 million computers are using Windows 98rightnow
From: Flavio Visentin <THe_ZiPMaN () zipman it>
Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2006 23:56:13 +0200
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Castigliola, Angelo wrote:
There are no known remote exploits for the Windows 98 operating system.
This doesn't mean that W98 is secure. On Secunia's site the latest (corrected) vulnerability is dated 20060613, less than 1 month ago, and tomorrow someone could find a new one that won't be corrected.
I Could not tell you how many exploits are out there for Internet Explorer or Outlook\Express that will allow someone to compromise Windows 98 but I guess very few.
You don't need 2000 vulnerability. It's enough only one exploit to create a 70 millions PC zombi net.
is a better solution then the open source solutions that are notorious for features not working with Microsoft rich websites (if the website\application loads at all).
Maybe you are just getting confused. One thing is security and another one are the "features". From a *security* point of view, OSS solutions like FF or TB, can be more secure than the counterparts IE and OE. However, AFAIR, browser's *features* are not the main topic of this mailing list
Seems like the major computer nerds always recommend firefox for windows however if you use a lot of .NET web applications then firefox is a very poor solution.
Seems MS partners are recommending using IE, but if you use a lot of XUL applications IE is really the worst solution. But I think this is OT, here, don't you agree? - -- Flavio Visentin GPG Key: http://www.zipman.it/gpgkey.asc There are only 10 types of people in this world: those who understand binary, and those who don't. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFEtW/9usUmHkh1cnoRAo3UAJ9qOSp1a9LLUI51pHCqjVUigm8LTwCfXcl9 dbphXjK5pTzE/dWftOkVFyY= =LmIq -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/
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- RE: 70 million computers are using Windows 98rightnow Castigliola, Angelo (Jul 11)
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- Re: 70 million computers are using Windows 98rightnow Flavio Visentin (Jul 12)
- Re: 70 million computers are using Windows 98rightnow Dude VanWinkle (Jul 12)
- Re: 70 million computers are using Windows 98rightnow Eliah Kagan (Jul 16)
- Re: 70 million computers are using Windows 98rightnow Dude VanWinkle (Jul 16)
- Re: 70 million computers are using Windows 98rightnow Chris Umphress (Jul 16)
- Re: 70 million computers are using Windows 98rightnow Dude VanWinkle (Jul 12)