http://www.tonybove.com/getoffmicrosoft/blog/?p=30 How to get off, where to get off, and why you should stay off Microsoft, with news and tips on alternatives Sat, 13 Oct 2007 19:34:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.7 http://www.tonybove.com/getoffmicrosoft/blog/?p=30#comment-139 Wed, 14 Dec 2005 16:39:04 +0000 http://www.tonybove.com/getoffmicrosoft/blog/?p=30#comment-139 [...] Meanwhile, Microsoft issued fixes on Patch Tuesday (Dec. 13) for Internet Explorer that were deemed “critical” — fixing at least four security vulnerabilities including two flaws that could enable hostile attacks. The patches also deal with Sony BMG’s counterproductive uninstaller of the ill-fated rootkit for digital rights management (DRM) with its music CDs — in a twist, making it impossible for you to run the First4Internet XCP uninstallation ActiveX control, a piece of code designed to remove the DRM software but which was found to create worse security problems than it attempted to solve. [...] […] Meanwhile, Microsoft issued fixes on Patch Tuesday (Dec. 13) for Internet Explorer that were deemed “critical” — fixing at least four security vulnerabilities including two flaws that could enable hostile attacks. The patches also deal with Sony BMG’s counterproductive uninstaller of the ill-fated rootkit for digital rights management (DRM) with its music CDs — in a twist, making it impossible for you to run the First4Internet XCP uninstallation ActiveX control, a piece of code designed to remove the DRM software but which was found to create worse security problems than it attempted to solve. […]

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