Russian programmer accidentally hacked Windows Vista

    A week and a half ago, on December 15, a Russian programmer published information about the vulnerability discovered by him in several Microsoft operating systems, including Windows Vista . The gap, which the developers missed, allows you to expand the rights of the OS user. Information appeared on the Kuban forum .

    A few days after the appearance of this data on the Internet, Determina reported the discovery of several more errors, one of which affects Internet Explorer 7.

    According to the New York TimesDespite the fact that Microsoft claims high security and reliability of Windows Vista, many potential buyers take a wait and see attitude. Mindful, apparently, that her predecessor - Windows XP - managed to reach an acceptable level of security after only two service packs.

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