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originally posted by the moron:
Do you realize that you don't need to be root to have all the files in your home directory, where all the documents and local program configurations are, infected or wiped out?
idiot.
Try humouring me for a minut. just do this: boot into DOS, type "C:" <enter>, then type "deltree /y *" <enter>.
NOW TELL ME, AT WHAT POINT DURING THAT OPERATION DID YOU GET ASKED FOR YOUR ADMINISTRATOR PASSWORD? HMMM?
dumbass...
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originally posted by dwar:
Legions try to break into *nix operating systems because they actually have the source code (and its funny because fixes are released hours after the os team is made aware, unlike the DAYS or more you have to wait for a MicroS fix).
Ha! days indeed! take for instance that "C:/Con/Con" kernal bug, that is resident in all copies of windows 95, 98 and 98se. It allows the simple viewing of a webpage using internet explorer to crash your computer instantly. I found out afterwards that there is a good chance that your entire filesystem, and all the data on it has a good chance of being erased. As i say, this bug has been present since 1995, and was not even removed for windows 98 or 98se, but on top of that, the patch was only made available at long last in 2000! that's a wait of five years for something as fucking dangerous (not to mention easy to exploit) as this to be fixed. And even then, Microsoft have hardly done their best to make people aware of the fact that they even need to get a patch.
Of course all this is moot because WHEN you need to reinstall your copy of windows, after it shits its own bed AGAIN, you will probably forget to apply the patch anyway and be back at square one.
