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So basically all of them...
...affecting Vista or 7 require user intervention just like all other modern operating systems these days?

OK.
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So basically all of them...  Sleeper Service | 09/08/09
Two require no user interaction whatsoever.  Letophoro | 09/08/09
UAC - Not true for Vista/7  Heatlesssun | 09/08/09
I didn't see anything in the bulletins that said UAC would mitigate.  Letophoro | 09/08/09
If it does anything that requires elevation UAC will stop this  Heatlesssun | 09/08/09
UAC would intercede if the malicious code attempted to...  ye | 09/08/09
Perfectly stated!  Heatlesssun | 09/08/09
In other words  gnesterenko | 09/08/09
Nonsense  Fred619 | 09/08/09
No  scorchgeek | 09/08/09
@scorchgeek: You can only do so much to protect people.  ye | 09/08/09
UAC...  Dave32265 | 09/08/09
@Dave32265: The only people who seem to find it annoying are...  ye | 09/09/09
@ye  AzuMao | 09/09/09
Linux/OSX Correction  grant@... | 09/08/09
I don't believe you understand what Protected Mode is.  ye | 09/08/09
@ye  frgough | 09/08/09
@frgough:  ye | 09/08/09
Given that the local system administrator account...  PollyProteus | 09/08/09
Running in Limited user mode.  Computer_User_1024 | 09/13/09
Neither vulnerability would be mitigated by IE's protected mode.  Letophoro | 09/09/09
It depends on which vulnerability you're referring to.  ye | 09/09/09
I'm specifically referring to the '48 and '49 vulnerabilities  Letophoro | 09/09/09
@Letophoro: That I do not know.  ye | 09/09/09
@ ye  Letophoro | 09/09/09
@Letophoro: I agree with you.  ye | 09/09/09
Re:Neither vulnerability would be mitigated by IE's protected mode.  robertleeking@... | 09/09/09
@robertleeking: Supporting proof please.  ye | 09/09/09
Re:Supporting proof  robertleeking@... | 09/09/09
@ye  AzuMao | 09/09/09
@robertleeking: IOW you have none.  ye | 09/09/09
re:IOW  robertleeking@... | 09/09/09
@robertleeking: You gave me no example.  ye | 09/09/09
Doncha love that?  mgp3 | 09/08/09
Fail  AzuMao | 09/09/09
No.  AzuMao | 09/09/09
RE: Microsoft patches gaping Windows worm holes  MA70mgte | 09/08/09
re:  Christian_<>< | 09/08/09
True  gnesterenko | 09/08/09
Not true.  ye | 09/08/09
I strongly disagree  JMGM | 09/08/09
In addition  Viva la crank dodo | 09/09/09
Not true  AzuMao | 09/09/09
Servers aren't desktops  rtk | 09/09/09
So?  AzuMao | 09/09/09
So, the threats are radically different.  rtk | 09/09/09
Nice attempt at straw-man there.  AzuMao | 09/09/09
It was your straw man. Mad I tore it down on ya?  rtk | 09/10/09
That's funny, considering you replied with  AzuMao | 09/10/09
Excellent article and discussion guys!..  JCitizen | 09/08/09
ehh, what?  gnesterenko | 09/08/09
"Or does it (the patch) fix cross site scripting?" maybe.  AzuMao | 09/09/09
Ah. Gotcha Ryan.  D. T. Schmitz | 09/08/09
RE: Microsoft patches gaping Windows worm holes  Bitzie | 09/08/09
Because they fix vulnerabilities that allow remote code execution and  AzuMao | 09/09/09
Guess this one got away.  bjbrock | 09/08/09
No, it had not:  ye | 09/08/09
My point...  bjbrock | 09/08/09
Again: It has less than OS X and Linux.  ye | 09/08/09
That is your opinion...  bjbrock | 09/08/09
I didn't say they don't get less virus attacks.  ye | 09/08/09
It says that....  bjbrock | 09/08/09
But they don't....  Sleeper Service | 09/08/09
@bjbrock: What is says is Linux has low market share...  ye | 09/08/09
Take your own advice.  AzuMao | 09/09/09
@AzuMao: I assume your comment was aimed at me.  ye | 09/09/09
@ye  AzuMao | 09/09/09
@AzuMao: It's already been backed up numerous times.  ye | 09/09/09
@ye  AzuMao | 09/09/09
@AzuMao: Here on ZDNet and in the talkbacks for starters.  ye | 09/09/09
I have nothing to thank you for.  AzuMao | 09/09/09
@AzuMao: My arguement is fairly clear:  ye | 09/09/09
Amazing.  AzuMao | 09/09/09
@AzuMao: The reason is because Linux has more vulnerabilities than Windows.  ye | 09/09/09
Try again.  AzuMao | 09/09/09
@AzuMao: You've been provided your proof.  ye | 09/09/09
I addressed it.  AzuMao | 09/09/09
@AzuMao: You're ignoring it.  ye | 09/09/09
Hypocrisy once again.  AzuMao | 09/09/09
@AzuMao: Hypocrisy? I don't think that word means what you think it means.  ye | 09/09/09
The significance is that  AzuMao | 09/09/09
Really?  Sleeper Service | 09/08/09
It should be the current version.  ye | 09/08/09
I mean all...  bjbrock | 09/08/09
@bjbrock: Just like Linux.  ye | 09/08/09
How about the version with the most market share; XP.  AzuMao | 09/09/09
@AzuMao: Because it's soon to be two generations old.  ye | 09/09/09
Okay..  AzuMao | 09/09/09
@AzuMao: I always insist on using the latest.  ye | 09/09/09
If market share doesn't matter after all..  AzuMao | 09/09/09
It is a proven fact  josh@... | 09/09/09
Regardless of the excuse..  AzuMao | 09/09/09
Are you kidding?  josh@... | 09/09/09
The solution is to upgrade from Vista to XP.  AzuMao | 09/09/09
Or use a firewall.  Lester Young | 09/09/09
Or better yet..  AzuMao | 09/09/09
Trouble is  rtk | 09/09/09
I could have sworn it said only Vista/7 were vulnerable to this attack.  AzuMao | 09/09/09
This isn't the only attack  rtk | 09/09/09
I meant secure in the context of his complaint.  AzuMao | 09/09/09
RE: Microsoft patches gaping Windows worm holes  RazorEdge | 09/08/09
Totally Unaccptable Performance  linux-user | 09/09/09
So we can infer from that statement your user name doesn't...  ye | 09/09/09
He does use Linux..  AzuMao | 09/09/09
Not according to his statement of:  ye | 09/09/09
According to that statement, I am right.  AzuMao | 09/09/09
How do you figure?  ye | 09/09/09
Look, just tell me which part you're stuck on, and let's  AzuMao | 09/09/09
@AzuMao: LOL! Not this spin again.  ye | 09/09/09
Brilliant deduction, Sherlock!  Lester Young | 09/09/09
I know that it was an easy deduction to make..  AzuMao | 09/09/09
So you agree then....  Lester Young | 09/09/09
I wish you luck Lester.  ye | 09/09/09
*sigh*  AzuMao | 09/09/09
@AzuMao: Really? Because I count 527 repairs for him (Linux) versus...  ye | 09/09/09
Look, just tell me which part you're stuck on, and let's  AzuMao | 09/09/09
@AzuMao: The part I'm "stuck" on is how you consider 527 to be less than...  ye | 09/09/09
That was pretty random.  AzuMao | 09/09/09
@AzuMao: The fact you think it was random illustrates...  ye | 09/09/09
Okay..  AzuMao | 09/09/09
@AzuMao: LOL! Where?  ye | 09/09/09
Pretty much everything from  AzuMao | 09/09/09
@AzuMao: How so?  ye | 09/09/09
@ye  AzuMao | 09/09/09
@AzuMao: I appreciate your conceeding I was right.  ye | 09/09/09
@ye I didn't. I quoted you denying what he meant.  AzuMao | 09/09/09
@AzuMao: You certainly did.  ye | 09/09/09
@ye Okay, fine, I'll bite, since you're just going to go on until I do;  AzuMao | 09/09/09
@AzuMao: Nobody may have said it but that's the only conclusion that...  ye | 09/09/09
What does the number "121" have to do with me pointing out..  AzuMao | 09/09/09
@AzuMao: If we consider a vulnerability something in need of repair then...  ye | 09/09/09
That logic is wrong, sorry.  AzuMao | 09/09/09
@AzuMao: There's that argument I was expecting.  ye | 09/09/09
Problems with the Linux kernel will manifest in Ubuntu, but not vice-versa.  AzuMao | 09/09/09
@AzuMao: You didn't answer the question. Which was:  ye | 09/10/09
Um.. no?  AzuMao | 09/10/09
RE: Microsoft patches gaping Windows worm holes  RazorEdge | 09/08/09
Ubiquity doesn't necessarily mean better quality  nemesis9 | 09/08/09
Linux is no Mercedes  LiquidLearner | 09/08/09
It may have been true  AzuMao | 09/09/09
You just have to use the CLI....  Lester Young | 09/09/09
If you say so.  AzuMao | 09/09/09
Strange...  914four | 09/09/09
Fanning the fllames for money  tonymcs@... | 09/08/09
"I can only hope that Apple and Linux can someday reach MS's security"  Dave32265 | 09/08/09
So has Windows.  ye | 09/08/09
Again...  Dave32265 | 09/08/09
And UNIX takes ideas from Microsoft.  ye | 09/09/09
Your Point?  jns_45K@... | 09/09/09
I suggest you learn more about Windows before commenting further.  ye | 09/09/09
I hate to break it to you fanboys, but..  AzuMao | 09/09/09
Google Patch Tuesday Ads  DonBurnett | 09/08/09
Awesome  AzuMao | 09/09/09
but not W7  trm1945 | 09/08/09
Goes without saying  Ole Man | 09/09/09
This is more likely incompetence than malice.  AzuMao | 09/09/09
You got me there!  Ole Man | 09/09/09
I'm not even going to bother.  bendib | 09/08/09
If you consider lower market share "better security" then...  ye | 09/09/09
Facts do not require your agreement  Ole Man | 09/09/09
I agree. And when he supplies some you'll have a point.  ye | 09/09/09
Not just his fact, but ANY fact  Ole Man | 09/13/09
Instead of insisting a few hundred times a day  AzuMao | 09/09/09
I've already supported my position.  ye | 09/09/09
There's nothing for me to refute.  AzuMao | 09/09/09
I did just a day or two ago. To Richard Flude.  ye | 09/09/09
There's no Richard Flude here.  AzuMao | 09/09/09
Here's a FACT  kyn_67@... | 09/09/09
Not fact.  ye | 09/10/09
I'll give a little credit to vista  kyn_67@... | 09/10/09
@kyn_67: There's a simple solution to this.  ye | 09/10/09
Re: "I look forward to the final RC of W7"  AzuMao | 09/10/09
Important Notes About MS09-048  Steve_STR | 09/09/09
Unacceptable.  ye | 09/09/09
major point that authors are overlooking  shis-ka-bob | 09/09/09
New iPods. nt  ye | 09/09/09
That's because they aren't reasons. They are excuses to force upgrades.  AzuMao | 09/09/09
RE: Microsoft patches gaping Windows worm holes  kingkid86@... | 09/10/09
Port Blocking  jgest | 09/10/09
But the whole point of Windows..  AzuMao | 09/10/09
Do Admin rights affect these vulnerabilities?  Computer_User_1024 | 09/13/09
The TCP/IP and LAN drivers probably run at ring0 regardless.  AzuMao | 09/13/09

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