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jamrock
October 5, 2003, 08:15 PM
Ah bwoy,

This one is serious.

http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,4149,1307636,00.asp

Microsoft is under pressure.

Sounds as if it was a known weakness for which no patch had been written.
GodKid
October 5, 2003, 08:32 PM
Bwoy dem goin get it for this.. HL2 is a definate MULTI MULTI million dollar hit.. if sales are suspected to be slowed even incrimentally because of this them haffi guh free uip soem o dat cash dem have.
Nastrodamus
October 6, 2003, 08:51 AM
Well....

Microsoft has to step up on their stuff else alot of other people gonna be taking them to court.

You know much people could have taken them to court for Sobig and blaster.

Blaster may not seem much to home users but major servers did feel its wrath.
Ropy
October 6, 2003, 10:05 AM
I saw the code on a bittorrent site the other day.
matronyx
October 6, 2003, 10:43 AM
I think it's rather unfair to blame IE for this (wow... :o, did I just say that??)

Valve should look into their server security overall than pointing the finger at IE. Besides, if the code was being "secured" on a windows box...what do you expect?? Not even M$ can secure their code ;D
BlackCryptoKnight
October 6, 2003, 10:55 AM
Well....

Microsoft has to step up on their stuff else alot of other people gonna be taking them to court.

You know much people could have taken them to court for Sobig and blaster.

Blaster may not seem much to home users but major servers did feel its wrath.




Actually, I think home users felt it just as badly and probably even worse than companies. Many companies had antivirus and firewalls that protected them...poor auntie Jean logging on to email her sister in fareign neva know anything about protecting her PC.
Nastrodamus
October 6, 2003, 08:12 PM
Sharereactor has the code as well
deakie
October 12, 2003, 05:21 PM
as you know the theif slammed the code onto the net....but hear me...rumours have it that there are some hackers who are pissed at this as they love the games these boyz produce and so they are lookin for revenge.......if the company goes bust over this then it will be a sad day in gaming......to this end, that thief better stays of the net.....though he has already made one boast, from now he better shut it....
kc4u
October 15, 2003, 06:24 PM
Micro$oft and their unfair business practices continues.........

Aaahhh wellll the same ole' story again