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Weird that this wasn’t discovered until such time as MS wants to panic its herd into W8.

No, it's not weird at all if you'd remember that Microsoft has been issuing security updates for Windows XP for 12 years .......

Windows XP "security" has been so bad that the first Tuesday of every month became known as "PATCH TUESDAY" on a world-wide basis.

That's been going on for 12 years. The fact that Microsoft HAD TO issue updates over the course of 12 years to fix known and newly found vulnerabilities should be telling those of you who insist on running it and refusing to upgrade that any decision to continue running the most security hole laden OS in history is really a dumb decision on your parts.

22 posted on 04/27/2014 4:58:12 PM PDT by usconservative (When The Ballot Box No Longer Counts, The Ammunition Box Does. (What's In Your Ammo Box?))

To: usconservative

> The fact that Microsoft HAD TO issue updates over the course of 12 years to fix known and newly found vulnerabilities should be telling those of you who insist on running it...

C'mon, let's be fair, ALL OSes issue security patches. That includes Mac OS X, Linux, BSD Unix, etc. etc. not just Windows.

Nobody in their right mind expects software, especially huge, complex software, to not have flaws.

28 posted on 04/27/2014 5:21:33 PM PDT by dayglored (Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is...sounding pretty good about now.)

To: usconservative

You have a poor grasp of irony.

49 posted on 04/27/2014 6:23:53 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)

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