Windows Vista Gets Bugged

   Leave it to Microsoft to put out a new OS (operating system) that gets bugged within it's first week of release!

   I am speaking of the new Vista system that has been touted as having much better security features. Much better than what,Windows 95?

   The vulnerability is in Windows Vista’s speech recognition feature, which most users generally do not enable. The attackers’ commands are limited to the rights of the logged on user so there is no concern with administrative level commands.

    You have to have a microphone and a set of speakers connected to your system in order for the attack to be successful and , as stated, speech recognition must be enabled.

   The technical explanation is one that you should read if you are using Vista. It is easy to understand, it just sound nutty when you read it.

   For the outline of the problem and what you can do about it, you can go here. 

 

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