The users of Windows Vista and Windows 7 would have been quite familiar with the components Gadgets and Sidebar contained in both the operating system. However, it is considered dangerous Microsoft was trying to eliminate them.
Windows Sidebar is a panel that extends vertically on the desktop that contains mini-applications such as clocks, weather forecasts, news, calendars and so on. These applications are commonly referred to as gadgets.
But hackers named Mickey Shkatov and Toby Kohlenberg successfully proved the vulnerability either in the Sidebar or Gadgets. After digging deeper into Microsoft finally acknowledges it.
Cracks in the Sidebar and Gadgets allow hackers to sneak malicious scripts into it. Then the script will run as a program to control the computer remotely.
Sidebar and Gadgets indeed one of the interesting features in Windows, especially for users who are accustomed to using a news reader, clock, or any other function which can be downloaded freely.
But as equally harmful endanger the two components will be removed in Windows Vista, Windows 7 and even Windows 8 will soon slide end of the year.
Windows Sidebar is a panel that extends vertically on the desktop that contains mini-applications such as clocks, weather forecasts, news, calendars and so on. These applications are commonly referred to as gadgets.
But hackers named Mickey Shkatov and Toby Kohlenberg successfully proved the vulnerability either in the Sidebar or Gadgets. After digging deeper into Microsoft finally acknowledges it.
Cracks in the Sidebar and Gadgets allow hackers to sneak malicious scripts into it. Then the script will run as a program to control the computer remotely.
Sidebar and Gadgets indeed one of the interesting features in Windows, especially for users who are accustomed to using a news reader, clock, or any other function which can be downloaded freely.
But as equally harmful endanger the two components will be removed in Windows Vista, Windows 7 and even Windows 8 will soon slide end of the year.
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