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New Vulnerability in Windows 10 allows attackers to crash your PC
A new Vulnerability in Windows 10 has been detected by researchers from the Carnegie Mellon University, it allows allows attackers to be able to crash computers. It seems that Microsoft has no fix for this issue just yet.
The vunerability is effecting the latest versions of Windows 8.1 and Windows 10. The issues is related towards the Windows SMB network protocol that connects Windows computers with network drives, printers and other devices. SMB will not not properly handle certain types of data. By creating a malicious SMB device and connect a computer to that will result into your PC crashing.
It is a little unclear how the vulnerability can be exploited as you need to perform this within a local LAN and this be in the same building as the PCs are. However of you have setup an open DMZ zone on your router or have ports TCP ports 139 and 445 along with UDP ports 137 and 138 you could be vunerable. Other then the crash no data otherwise is compromised.
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#5388497 Posted on: 02/04/2017 01:13 AM
ROFL. Very funny and true. It was more common for that to happen during the Win 9x?Me days though. However crashes can still happen from Windows 7 to Windows 10.
We don't need hackers to crash Windows for us, it's already a feature
ROFL. Very funny and true. It was more common for that to happen during the Win 9x?Me days though. However crashes can still happen from Windows 7 to Windows 10.
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#5388527 Posted on: 02/04/2017 01:58 AM
good that it can only crash, with lastest procesors and windows 10 power managment it could literaly burn your procesor
good that it can only crash, with lastest procesors and windows 10 power managment it could literaly burn your procesor
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#5388542 Posted on: 02/04/2017 02:21 AM
Do people still get Windows crashes, i've not saw this since the XP and early W7 days.
Even on the fast ring for W10 it's really hard to cause it.
Do people still get Windows crashes, i've not saw this since the XP and early W7 days.
Even on the fast ring for W10 it's really hard to cause it.
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#5388558 Posted on: 02/04/2017 03:30 AM
But...but microsoft said windows 10 is more secure than 7 wtf?
/s
But...but microsoft said windows 10 is more secure than 7 wtf?
/s
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Is it?
I have yet to crash Windows 10 after 8 months of use.