Microsoft 3D Security Alert, New 3D Gamers This Holiday!

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Microsoft 3D Security Alert, New 3D Gamers This Holiday!

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Looks like the Grinch tried to ruin Christmas this season, but fear not!

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Microsoft has announced a security advisory for a vulnerability discovered with the Nvidia GeForce 3D Vision drivers.  According to Microsoft:

"An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could take complete control of an affected system in the security context of the Local System. An attacker could then install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full adminstrative rights."
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Re: Microsoft 3D Security Alert, New 3D Gamers This Holiday!

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Story updated!

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Neil
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Re: Microsoft 3D Security Alert, New 3D Gamers This Holiday!

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A "cleaner"/"nicer" version that doesn't want you to print.... :-)
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/secu ... msvr11-016" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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