Microsoft intentionally put backdoor into Windows


According to the Security Now! podcast ("Windows MetaFile Backdoor"), the recent Windows metafile exploit, which placed fully patched Windows systems at risk of infection merely by visiting a website, must have been put into the operating system on purpose. While no one knows what the "purpose" of planting such an exploit could possibly be, it is generally thought that it was done without malice.

Still, it is odd that Microsoft would put something in their code that allows hackers to run code on someone's machine after that someone has visited a website or gotten an email message. What could Microsoft possibly have been thinking? And what was the purpose of this exploit? What was Microsoft hoping to do with it. We will never know.

Posted: Wed - January 18, 2006 at 09:09 PM          

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