Comments on: Microsoft looking into WordPad zero-day flaw

A second Microsoft flaw is being exploited following December's Patch Tuesday releases.

[Mr. Dee]

I am using Windows 7, so I am more than safe. :)

[Dalkorian]

lol

[Hep Cat]

It's funny - I could have sworn I read an article on C|Net yesterday that said this sort of thing isn't Microsoft's fault.

[Vegaman_Dan]

*.wri files? Wow, that's pretty obsolete. I wasn't aware anyone even used those. The world works with TXT and DOC files. WRI?

Might want to try to go for something a little more mainstream.

[timber2005]

But they couldn't explot those ;)

Microsoft engineers are hard at work as I type working on a text virus. It is about the only file type left they haven't created one for.

[ncaissie]

Your an idiot

[jinx101a]

I second ncaissie's thoughts.

[timber2005]

And while Microsoft is doing that, we are attemptnig to educate our youth so they don't end up as pitiful as you.

Microsoft engineers developing a virus... they have better things to do.

[patch991]

Here, here!!

[timber2005]

The solution to me seems simple.
If they are using Win2000, Sever 2003 (any SP), Microsoft needs to put out an extra security update to patch the flaw.
If they are using XP (SP0-SP2), tell them to upgrade to SP3. It's been out a year, time to move up.
Though taking the bits out of SP3 and making them a patch for this wouldn't be hard, it just seems redundant when someone does upgrade to SP3. Its supposed to be a rollup of patches and other fixes, not a bunch of fixes cut up for users who can't commit to the full package. (It does help companies though).