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Microsoft: Stuck between a rock and a hard patch?

Feb 6, 2004 2:49PM PST

Software will always be vulnerable, and users will always be gullible, but is Microsoft really the victim of circumstance that it appeared to be this week?

We all like to blame Microsoft when things go wrong. Let's face it, there are few easier targets. But with the latest Internet debacle, concerning a patch for Internet Explorer, it is not quite so clear exactly where the blame should be placed.

The problem, of course, began with phishing emails - emails that purport to come from a reputable company and ask you to confirm your account details, but which actually have no affiliation with that company and are in fact distributed by criminals looking for gullible victims.

http://comment.zdnet.co.uk/mattloney/0,39020679,39145547,00.htm

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