Comments on: Microsoft issues patch for WMF vulnerability

The "critical" fix is part of seven security bulletins in the software maker's monthly update.

[fear_and_loathing]

so...?

This is such a NON-story!
I think C|Net just like the hits these "Window's flaws" stories get.
Hey, C|Net guy... Mr. staff writer... you have to wait 'till M$
DOESN'T release a patch until it's too late to get us to fight.
DUH!

[W2Kuser]

M$ bugs like lax borders = homeland security threat

Despite all the hype about the Dept of Homeland Security running the first cyber attack simulation, it's amazing how DHS & the US Gov continue to allow this nonsense.

For over a decade we have watched Micro$oft issue panicked fixes for HUGE security flaws that enable global networks to be subverted and used to launch attacks.

The homeland security risks posed by Micro$oft's continuingly dismal record on quality testing & security is comparable to the risks from our ineffective border security - it's a wide open invitation for attack.

Bill Gates has had over a DECADE to demonstrate that private enterprise can fix this problem - and he has failed by every possible measure. And his recent actions to BAN SECURITY UPDATES to compuaters that fail Micro$osft's mysterious "verification" program further heighten the risk & urgency of this.

Since Gates refuses to address this problem voluntarily, it's clearly time for the Dept of Homeland Security to step in and mandate the fixes. Micro$soft's well documented predatory business model practically equates to a tax on the USA anyhow, so why not require those funds to be put to more responsible use?

If Gates had to sit in a jail cell until Windows was "clean", this catastrophy would be fixed next week.

[Macsaresafer]

You're right...

but instead of penalizing Microsoft, the government is still favoring
them:
http://news.com.com/2061-10796_3-6038713.html?
tag=nefd.pulse