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busy_lizzie:
I was listening to the News on the Radio, Tim re: the Microsoft Story and seemingly it is more of an embarrassment to Microsoft having someone leak it's secret codes on the internet, giving access to them to their competitors.  However it does give people the capability for hacking into our computers, but not necessarily the no-how, so not sure exactly how risky it is to a general user.  busy_lizzie  

rdak:
There's actually 2 different stories here.

Firstly, earlier this week Microsoft announced that there is a serious security hole in Windows NT/2000/XP that could allow a hacker to gain access to your PC. They could therefore steal files, plant viruses on your PC, but not gain access to your bank accounts (unless you had stored your bank details and password in ,say, a Word document. You should go to to the Windows Update website regularly and download any fixes.

Secondly, a story emerged today that the some parts of the source code of Windows have been leaked onto the Internet. Although this could possibly help a hacker exploit weaknesses in Windows in the future, this is not really a 'security' story, but is more of an embarassment for Microsoft, as they largely keep Windows code secret so that people who write other operating systems can't see how it all works.

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