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Message 1778489 - Posted: 12 Apr 2016, 21:36:56 UTC - in response to Message 1778435.  
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(...) I just refreshed WSUS and 3147071 shows up there, as well. I clicked the "more information" URL for it and was brought to the same page that gives the frown face. So that one has been denied for the time being. (...)

Meanwhile the link for the suspicious update leads to a real site:
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/3147071
Seems to be a bigger update related to problems with the connection to an oracle database.

[edit] To late to the show... X)
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Message 1778496 - Posted: 12 Apr 2016, 22:00:21 UTC

I see that now. I'm leaving it declined/hidden. I don't need to connect to Oracle DBs anyway.
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Message 1778541 - Posted: 13 Apr 2016, 0:26:04 UTC - in response to Message 1778336.  
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Oh, Martin. Scan the QR code, infect your android phone.


Anyone using this exploit would ensure that their payload would affect as many platforms as possible.


Good to see that the Malware developers are striving for unfettered cross-platform compatibility! Why can not 'normal' software be so easily run on any OS and on any of your hardware?


Considering the Windows platform... Perhaps obscure and easily exploited QR-codes would not be needed in the first place if the Windows platform was more reliable in the first place and gave more Human meaningful error codes in any case...


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Message 1780104 - Posted: 18 Apr 2016, 15:16:24 UTC
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American Homeland Security warns about Quicktime for Windows.

As Apple is no longer issuing update patches for this program in Windows, it is extremely vulnerable to hacking, there are features that have been identified that can be used to steal personal data and conscript your files. It is recommended that the program be uninstalled on any machine running ANY version of Windows..

http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2016/04/18/homeland-security-warns-windows-pc-users-to-uninstall-quicktime.html

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Message 1780121 - Posted: 18 Apr 2016, 16:18:51 UTC - in response to Message 1780104.  

Hi,

In regard your tag line:

"People who worry that the glass is half full or half empty miss the point. The glass is refillable."

As an Engineer, I would modify it as follows... :)

"People who worry that the glass is half full or half empty miss the point. The glass is twice as big as it needs to be."

Hahaha
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Message 1782366 - Posted: 25 Apr 2016, 13:56:16 UTC
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From https://blogs.microsoft.com/iot/2016/04/22/hannover-messe-2016-epicenter-of-industrie-4-0/

IAV Automotive Engineering is using Windows 10 Continuum to stream Windows 10 and all its applications directly to intelligent mobile dashboards. This new offering can integrate data and services such as Microsoft Office 365 or Cortana, becoming a personal assistant to drivers through a notebook, tablet, or smartphone.

At Hannover Messe, IAV and Microsoft will demonstrate a concept solution that enables communication to help prevent accidents. Known as “vehicle-2-x” communication (V2X), the approach uses data from the vehicle’s surroundings to improve convenience and enhance safety by anticipating and mitigating potential hazards.


Other things in the InternetOfThings world to be using Windows 10 are intelligent fridges, intelligent lampposts, your smart car, smart buildings, etc. etc.
You really won't be able to miss out on any of this great stuff!
Just check https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/iot for the endless possibilities, like the Raspberry Pi 3 board with Windows 10 IoT Core.

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Message 1782397 - Posted: 25 Apr 2016, 15:46:08 UTC - in response to Message 1782366.  

So that MS will know even the content of your fridge? ;-)

If I had a Raspi3 (actually I have 2 of the first series. 1 of the actual first batch to be sold), I would never use Win10 on it.
With all the stuff available in Linux or python, I cannot see a reason to have MS tampering my (or anyone's) fridge.

I cross all fingers that developers will not fall in the MS "we have it all ready smooth shiny spic&span for the IoT" trap.

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Message 1782410 - Posted: 25 Apr 2016, 16:43:01 UTC
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Greetings,

Looks like there will be no getting away from Winblows 10!

I can see it now (for those still getting updates from Microcrud): "This is your update program speaking. If you do not stop using this outdated Operating System, I will sabotage it so that it will no longer run and you will have no choice but to use Windows 10. It's your choice."

Click your choice: [Keep the old] [Move on to Windows 10]

"P.S. The red 'X' in the corner has been disabled. ;)"



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Message 1782411 - Posted: 25 Apr 2016, 17:16:14 UTC - in response to Message 1782397.  

At least with the fridge, it's doable. With your car... "Please find a safe spot to stop, so Windows can reboot to finalize installing new drivers for the sensor array of the turbo injector".
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Message 1782413 - Posted: 25 Apr 2016, 17:25:52 UTC - in response to Message 1782411.  

I do not know if it was powered by MS, but once I was in a plane, waiting for take off.

They announced that they would reboot the system because something was not in order. You know, really like alt-ctrl-del.

Lights went off for a moment, all systems down, and slowly the plane regained life in a few minutes.

We arrived safely at destination, but that feeling was not one of the sweetest.
I love flying, by the way. Nothing usually scares me, more so it may amuse me. But these itches make you think for an instant.

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Message 1782917 - Posted: 27 Apr 2016, 14:03:11 UTC - in response to Message 1782411.  

At least with the fridge, it's doable. With your car... "Please find a safe spot to stop, so Windows can reboot to finalize installing new drivers for the sensor array of the turbo injector".


lol... then when it finally restarts you get the (not so famous) BSOD with hex-code dump and informed to contact your nearest Automotive Dealer's help desk (repair shop) with the error code in order to have your vehicle towed so they can (attempt to) resolve the error message.
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Message 1782918 - Posted: 27 Apr 2016, 14:16:47 UTC
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A panicked friend contacted me this morning, where he said his (Win7) laptop became 'possessed' and unusable. I said probably just m$ breaking it during the win10 update compatibility checks. He says he had updates disabled, yeah right, lol. I then relayed a lot of what's happened over the last 6 months, and he was pretty skeptical, then did his own research and is shocked enough to dump m$ altogether now.

He was familiar with Redhat Linux many moons ago, so I suggested he could try out Fedora or Centos, but I indicated there are many options to try. Looks like m$ loses another ~30 year customer, through tactics that were unnecessary. He probably would have gone to win10 on his own without that.
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Message 1782940 - Posted: 27 Apr 2016, 16:00:12 UTC - in response to Message 1782918.  

The last few posts sounds like what M$ may include in Win 11, huh? Oh, horrors!


Stay here on Earth. It's the only planet with DARK CHOCOLATE !!

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Message 1782942 - Posted: 27 Apr 2016, 16:10:01 UTC - in response to Message 1782940.  

Funnily enough, My friend mentioned his fears about 'Windows 11'. I responded with an explanation that after this it is just 'Windows', because genocide on the prior generations leaves no need for a version number.
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Message 1782947 - Posted: 27 Apr 2016, 16:22:31 UTC
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I had an interesting phone call last night which I let go to voice mail as the Caller ID was 800 services usually indicating a robo call. The message left was to the effect of "Your subscription to Windows has expired, all Microsoft services have been stopped on your computer. To renew your subscription please call 1-877-236-0792." I am referring that number to the local authorities for investigation(which I doubt will lead to anything), and to Homeland Security(which I have similar expectations of success).

Upon pondering further though I wonder if this may be a harbinger of the actual future of Wndow$.............

[edit] apparently I'm not alone..... http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-877-236-0792

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Message 1782949 - Posted: 27 Apr 2016, 16:25:27 UTC - in response to Message 1782942.  

hhahahahahahaha
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Message 1782954 - Posted: 27 Apr 2016, 16:40:36 UTC - in response to Message 1782947.  

Yeah, 'Old Bill' is so desperately in need of cash he needs to spam people by phone WAR Diallers, ROFL

The Phone companies are so outdated, vulnerable and corrupt, their own employees can voluntarily or by duress give databases to criminal gangs. Same with the banks. (not to mention pissed off sacked employees).

If you work at such a place, take a walk and look for a real job.

When this comes to a crunch, mark my words, it will once again be Narcissists preying on the weak to prop up their insane addictions.
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Message 1782966 - Posted: 27 Apr 2016, 16:56:30 UTC

Yeah, M$ has gone way to the financial dark side without Gates and Allen, but latest earnings report and outlook appears to indicate a similar path for Apple without Jobs and the Great and Powerful Woz(meant with the utmost respect).

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Message 1782970 - Posted: 27 Apr 2016, 17:06:23 UTC - in response to Message 1782966.  

Yeah, M$ has gone way to the financial dark side without Gates and Allen, but latest earnings report and outlook appears to indicate a similar path for Apple without Jobs and the Great and Powerful Woz(meant with the utmost respect).


Yeah, Have to say, wacky as those guys were, they're choirboys compared to whoever devised this Sh@tstorm
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Message 1783000 - Posted: 27 Apr 2016, 19:31:28 UTC

Friend of mine gets at least one phone call per week from somebody with a very heavy Indian (dot, not feather) accent in a noisy call center telling him "I'm calling on behalf of your internet provider to inform you that your Windows computer may be infected with a virus, as we are seeing many connections originating from it. I need you to open the start menu.."

My friend replies "I don't have one." "Yes, you do sir, just click on the Windows logo on the bottom left of the screen." "But that's where my clock is." "Impossible. What version of Windows are you running?" "Redhat Ubuntu with the 128-bit kernel." *few seconds of silence* "Thank you, have a good day*click*"
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