Neolithic Windows security hole alive and well in Windows 7

[ Thanks to Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols for this link. ]

"One of the reasons I've never liked Windows is that it was never made to deal with the security problems of working in a networked, multi-user world. As a direct result, Windows has been fundamentally insecure for more than a decade. Even so, I was surprised to find that there's a 17-year old security hole that's been in Windows since NT and it's still present today in Windows 7."

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