NTBUGTRAQ Bashes Windows Update

BigBadBri writes "Russ Cooper, keeper of the NTBUGTRAQ list, has a few concerns (to put it mildly) with the trustworthiness of Microsoft's Windows Update."

Trust?

[DJ Rubbie]

Since when did we trust Microsoft / Windows?

duh

[DNS-and-BIND]

If you can't trust the New York Times, how the heck can you trust a shady corporation like Microsoft?

its a feature

[ramzak2k]

It is a feature to keep you aware of other features. Unfortunately it has a feature in itself which keeps the feature from featuring.

Summary

[cwernli]

To sum up the last few posts: Electronic Voting can't be trusted, NVidia can't be trusted, Microsoft Update can't be trusted... that's enough for one day. I'll go to sleep right now.

Dear Russ

[Space_Nerd]

Now slashdot has a few concerns about your webserver....

Let me guess, NT right?

Fell the powah of the slashdot effect!

Re:Summary

[Gortbusters.org]

Tomorrow in cwernli's journal, "Sleep can't be trusted!!"

What does this rating mean? :-)

[jkrise]

"Trustworthy Computing Initiative once again gets an "F""

Failed? Fscked up? Foolproof? Friendly? Fiendish?

Just curoius

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Windows update WORKS GREAT!

[Anonymous Coward]

It just automatically downloaded some new nVidia drivers that increased my 3DMark score by 30%! Windows update works great!

Re:Summary

[TopShelf]

Be sure not to trust the NY Times either...

Re:Bugs

[LMCBoy]

Have I missed anything?

yes, how to spell 'vaguely'.

Funny...

[Justin205]

I don't trust Windows Update, nVidia or online voting, so I use Linux, ATI and I don't vote (too young).

Re:I don't trust Microsoft...

[buffer-overflowed]

Yea, more often then not they don't break something, but they NEVER fix everything.

Click here [nonymous.org] to crash IE with a 6 line valid HTML document.

Or how about some arbitrary vb scripting that opens your cd-rom. Here [waxy.org] you go.

Yea, Microsoft, pinacle of stability and all that.

Re:I like Windows Update

[Reziac]

And don't you wish that NT4 SP4 had been forcefed to everyone as an automatic update? ;)

Re:Summary

[sisukapalli1]

To sum up the last few posts: Electronic Voting can't be trusted, NVidia can't be trusted, Microsoft Update can't be trusted... that's enough for one day. I'll go to sleep right now.

That is a nice lead into enjoying The Matrix Reloaded.

S

Re:Summary

[MrHanky]

To sum up the last few posts: Electronic Voting can't be trusted, NVidia can't be trusted, Microsoft Update can't be trusted...

Well, at least you can trust Slashdot. Oh, and BTW: First post!

Re:In case of slashdotting,

[Anonymous Coward]

Russ complains a lot, but he never offers any solutions to the problem.

Hmmmm, is Russ a Democrat?

Automatic trojan removal

[gmuslera]

p.s. Here's a thought, how about getting Windows Update to remove Trojans??...;-]

Knowing how much trustworthy is Microsoft, the only trojan that it will sucessfully remove will be the one named "LILO"

Psssst, it's intentional

[esm]

Since the inception of Windows Update millions of computers have been infected with Trojan's that are today allowing individuals to conduct en-masse DDoS attacks.

True... but there's more to it than meets the eye. According to a Double Secret memo which was leaked from Microsoft, what they're really trying to do is have new security problems every day. These will be posted on Slashdot, and will result in instant DDoS -- against the security sites. If the alert sites aren't up to report the problems, then the problems don't exist, and Microsoft is in the clear...

Re:Summary

[MeanE]

I give my personal assurances that sleep can be trusted.

- Freddy Krueger

Re:In case of slashdotting,

[JHromadka]

It's called NTBUGTRAQ, not NTBUGFIX.