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Windows Media Player hole called severe
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Posted by: Tweaker
MELBOURNE, Australia--Melbourne-based IT firm, itSecure, today issued a strong warning to users of recent version Windows Media Player to download software from Microsoft to patch the application's security hole.
"Download and install the patch ASAP," advised itSecure's chief security officer, Raoul Wegat.
According to itSecure, the risks associated with failing to patch the alleged weakness are severe. Wegat said that itSecure rates the alleged vulnerability as severe, as it could allow hackers to run code on the victim's computer.
According itSecure, users running unpatched versions of Windows that don't have inbuilt user-based security access--as is found in Windows NT, Windows 2000 and Windows XP--are most at risk of an attack.
That would mean that Windows 98, common in office and home environments, is the Windows offering that is most vulnerable to attack. Wegat couldn't say how often itSecure would attach a severe rating to its security alerts but said that it was becoming all-too-often when it comes to Microsoft products.
Seems lately Microsoft has put out one patch after another, one hole fixed is another hole discovered! It's like a cat and mouse game. Anyway it seems Windows 98 user's will most vulnerable, so UPDATE!
Source: ZDNet News
Posted by: SKYHN
Updated last night 
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