Friday, May 1, 2009

Hacked Windows 7 Versions Still Get Security Updates

Microsoft took the decision to provide security updates even to pirated Windows 7 copies after the spread on Conficker, a powerful worm.
The developer of a widely-used Conficker scanner, Dan Kaminsky said the following statement “The world wants there to be fireworks, or some Ebola-class, computers-exploding-all-over-the-world event or God knows what, but the reality is…the Conficker developers have cemented their ability to push updates through any fences the good guys have managed to build in February and March.”

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