New Bluetooth Patch for Windows XP

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According to various tech sites, Microsoft reissued a patch for a Bluetooth bug that exists on Windows XP with SP2 or SP3.

“Our investigation found that while the other security updates were providing protections for the issues discussed in the bulletin, the Windows XP SP2 and SP3 updates were not,” said Christopher Budd of Microsoft’s Security Response Center.

An attacker can install programs and create new accounts will full rights on a computer by exploiting this bug. The original fix was released ten days ago.

Source: Information Week

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InterNet Age says:

June 21st, 2008 at 12:01 pm

We trust these providers with our life, we pay for their software and then we read things like this. Its all rather upsetting. Its like buying a car without brakes.

Jim Leonard says:

June 21st, 2008 at 8:14 pm

Has Micro$oft released a software package that was debugged and ready for the consumer since DOS 5.0 ? I can’t think of one. The rush to meet a predetermined release date folowed by releasing the package ready or not is heinous.