Newly discovered vulnerability can crash Vista and Windows 7 RC computers

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A SANS researcher has reported finding a Samba file-sharing flaw in Windows that can be used to cause a "Blue Screen of Death" (BSoD) in fully patched Vista machines or Windows 7 Release Candidate computers when a malicious packet is sent to port 445. For more information, see...

However, contrary to some reports, this vulnerability does not affect the final (RTM) version of Windows 7