bedelmanPremium
join:2004-06-20
Cambridge, MA | reply to eburger68
Microsoft gets it wrong: SP2 alone is not enough I want to reiterate a point Eric made, but arguably didn't sufficiently emphasize, above:
Microsoft's Coleman told eWeek: "Computers with SP2 would block those pop-ups."
That's WRONG. No two ways about it. SP2 alone does not block these popups. Only SP2 with WMP10 blocks these popups.
So not only is Microsoft failing to provide a patch (a subject for another day), but they're also giving out affirmatively incorrect information in their statements to the press. This was no doubt just a mistake by Coleman. But it's quite a mistake to make, and awfully convenient for him -- it makes the problem sound considerably less serious than it actually is.
Fact is, the millions of users with SP2 but without WMP10 are not protected. But if they read Coleman's quote, without finding the resources linked in Eric's message above, they'd never know that they're still at risk. |
