New SMB bug: How to crash Windows system with a 'link of death'

The Register ^ | 2/3/17 | Thomas Claburn

[markomalley]

If you have Win10, be forewarned...

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

Downloaded windows 10. Big mistake. Will not open Edge and says “Woops. We can’t get there from here!”

[nuconvert]

“Gaffié said he decided to release the bug a week before the patch ...”

Why release it at all?

[Swordmaker]

Ping

[markomalley]

Why release it at all?

Because without that pressure, M$ wouldn't bother fixing anything.

[Maudeen]

My head is spinning trying to read this. . .I’m still plodding away using Windows 7. . . .any hope for me?

[markomalley]

.any hope for me?

Yes.

https://linuxmint.com/

[txhurl]

I clicked on a European Bulgarian yogurt link the other day that crashed me 3 times, without even the courtesy of the BSOD, just re-boots. Another link did the same a couple weeks ago.

[Windflier]

"This attitude is wrong for their users, and for the security community at large."

What else is new? Microsoft doesn't give a damn about their customers, or what they need and want.

Same old, same old.

[Windflier]

I’m still plodding away using Windows 7. . . .any hope for me?

Don't 'upgrade' to Windows 10.

Your Windows 7 system is the best OS Microsoft ever designed. Hold onto it until they rip it from your cold dead fingers.

[Maudeen]

Thanks. . .your post made me feel better.

[867V309]

... all currently supported versions of Windows are vulnerable...

[minnesota_bound]

Here is a pic of a guy using Windows 7
http://nynerd.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/03/microsoft-tech-support.jpg

Or what Microsoft wants you to think so you move to the future and use Windows 10..........

[Maudeen]

Thanks. . .I needed that :)

[SpaceBar]

Windows is a virus, and has been for years. People tolerate it, and learn to live with it because, unless you go Apple or Linux with their own quirks and idiosyncrasies, windows is still the only game in town for many applications. So people put up with its bullshit, but the fact remains that it’s been a crappy buggy error-prone operating system for decades. Microsoft spread itself too thin, and instead of producing a world class OS, they offer a myriad of products of dubious quality.

[DuncanWaring]

That’s why I refer to them as the “Trolls of Redmond”.

[minnesota_bound]

I had too many issues with Windows 10 along with it’s spyware and moved back to Windows 7.

Customize Windows 7

Stardock
http://www.stardock.com/products

WindowBlinds
http://www.stardock.com/products/windowblinds

Wincustomize
http://www.wincustomize.com

[JimRed]

The people who create these “bugs” need to be found and made to wish that there was a death penalty for their transgressions. Unheated cell, thin blanket, loud acid rock-rap-Islamic call to prayer (whichever appears to offend the individual most) playing 24-7, bread and water, nowhere to sit or lie down...

[Maudeen]

Thanks

[dayglored]

Windows networking share bug (SMB) ... PING!

You can find all the Windows Ping list threads with FR search: just search on keyword "windowspinglist".

Thanks to Swordmaker for the ping!!