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Broken Windows Here’s a billion-dollar question: Why are Windows users besieged by security exploits, but Mac users are not? For the sake of this discussion, let’s consider the realm of “security” to encompass any sort of software running on your computer, which software you wish weren’t there. So we’re not just talking about viruses?/?worms?/?Trojan horses — we’re talking about crapware of any sort, including adware and spyware. Adware is software that displays advertisements, typically in pop-up windows. Web surfers have been cursed by pop-up ads for years, but it’s common knowledge that they’re pretty much just a problem for Windows...

A buffer overflow vulnerability exists in Microsoft IIS 5.0 running on Microsoft Windows 2000. IIS 5.0 is installed and running by default on Microsoft Windows 2000 systems. This vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to run arbitrary code on the victim machine. An exploit is publicly available for this vulnerability, which increases the urgency that system administrators apply a patch. See http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2003-09.html for details.