Features & Sidebar Gadgets in Windows Vista and Windows 7 To Be Removed by Microsoft

Features & Sidebar Gadgets in Windows Vista and Windows 7 To Be Removed by Microsoft - If you are PC users who use Windows 7 or Windows Vista, you must be familiar with the presence of various components and look of the sidebar gadget is contained in both.

For those of you who do not know, or may not know which one it is and sidebar gadgets in Windows 7 and Windows Vista, will be given a brief explanation.

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.

More recently, two hackers named Mickey Shkatov and Toby Kohlenberg reportedly managed to find loopholes in the sidebar and gadgets that allow hackers to insert malicious script into a computer which allows the hacker to control the computer remotely.

It is also recognized by Microsoft and the company recommends users of Windows vista and windows 7 to no longer use the sidebar and gadgets on windows Vista and 7. And in the near future, Microsoft will even remove both features of Windows 7 and Windows Vista.