full-disclosure - 70 million computers are using Windows 98 right now

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Message-ID: <20060711132358.788B.CARDOSOLISTAS@contraditorium.com>
Date: Tue Jul 11 17:28:19 2006
From: cardosolistas at contraditorium.com (Cardoso)
Subject: 70 million computers are using Windows 98 right
	now

nt3 is such a drama queen...

but I agree. Let them die. 98 is a very unsafe plataform, hope the
spyware guys act fast and kill all the remaining machines, under a ton
of popups.

On Tue, 11 Jul 2006 16:42:45 +0100
n3td3v <xploitable@...il.com> wrote:

n> Today is the day Microsoft has stopped support for Windows 98, including
n> security updates.
n> 
n> Hackers are expected to take advantage of this to send a politcal message to
n> Microsoft and focus on Windows 98 to give the operating system a final
n> sending off on its way to the graveyard, as 70 million computers are shut
n> out by the Redmond based corporation. Meanwhile, dedicated Windows 98 user
n> outcry is starting to ripple through the internet, as computer geeks mourn
n> the shuttering of Windows 98 support for its estimated 70 million computer
n> users. Microsoft is advising its 70 million Windows 98 users to update their
n> systems to Windows XP with immediate affect.
n> 
n> n3td3v

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