Genuine Windows Validation Flaw Fixed

5 Aug, 2005 at 7:40pm ET Article published in Tech

The Unofficial Microsoft Blog has reported that Microsoft a few days ago fixed a flaw in their new Windows Genuine Validation tool that previously allowed people to circumvent the system with a simple JavaScript.

Source: theunofficialmicrosoftblog

Comments

5 Aug 2005 ~ 7:50pm GrayFox Bet it lasts 12 hours
5 Aug 2005 ~ 8:11pm kanezfan

GrayFox wrote:

Bet it lasts 12 hours

I'll bet they break it in 5 Flip!

It's like an internet name that tune
6 Aug 2005 ~ 1:00am Butters This seemed to work for me. But I disabled the Tools => Manage Addons Microsoft Genuine Adv. restarted the browser, and it seemed to work just fine.
6 Aug 2005 ~ 9:18am Tex I don't show "Microsoft Genuine Adv" in the list of browser addons period

What I bet pops up all over is third party sites and usenet groups that start hosting the MS updates so they can just be downloaded and run localy without MS update period.

Tex
6 Aug 2005 ~ 6:54pm Spinner Contrary to the above news item, the Java Script flaw is still not fixed for Windows Update.
6 Aug 2005 ~ 6:57pm kanezfan

Spinner wrote:

Contrary to the above news item, the Java Script flaw is still not fixed for Windows Update.

/me runs and gets his last update from MS
6 Aug 2005 ~ 6:58pm Kwitko I guess "fixed" is MS-speak for "Let's hope nobody tries that other workaround."
6 Aug 2005 ~ 7:11pm Spinner

Butters wrote:

This seemed to work for me. But I disabled the Tools => Manage Addons Microsoft Genuine Adv. restarted the browser, and it seemed to work just fine.

Yeah that works too. The funny thing about that is, it's not even a hack.

Again though, it only works for Windows Update.
6 Aug 2005 ~ 7:16pm profdlp This whole thing is almost like a parody of MS's security shortcomings.
7 Aug 2005 ~ 3:57pm EyesOnly Ms security shortcomings needs no outside parody. It's doing just fine on it's own :shakehead
8 Aug 2005 ~ 1:40am danball1976

Butters wrote:

This seemed to work for me. But I disabled the Tools => Manage Addons Microsoft Genuine Adv. restarted the browser, and it seemed to work just fine.

That's a Firefox thing, and Windows Update only works in Internet Explorer.
8 Aug 2005 ~ 1:44am profdlp

danball1976 wrote:

That's a Firefox thing, and Windows Update only works in Internet Explorer.

Nope. IE has the "Manage Add-Ons" feature.
8 Aug 2005 ~ 1:55am danball1976 Where? Which version of Internet Explorer?

(My Brother's laptop is still running WinXP Home SP1)
8 Aug 2005 ~ 5:35am Tex

danball1976 wrote:

Where? Which version of Internet Explorer?

(My Brother's laptop is still running WinXP Home SP1)

Click "tools" third from the top is manage add-ons. Below popup blocker and above synchronize

Tex
9 Aug 2005 ~ 5:23pm danball1976

Tex wrote:

Click "tools" third from the top is manage add-ons. Below popup blocker and above synchronize

Tex

Well, that's not in IE 6.0 Sp 1
9 Aug 2005 ~ 5:29pm profdlp It's in SP2.