MSN Messenger delayed due tyo “rogue winks”

ZDNet UK reports today that Microsoft has delayed the release of their MSN Messenger 7 due to a possible security flaw involving "unauthorized winks."

Where I come from, we just call them smiles.

 "The Messenger beta was designed to only send approved MSN winks," said a spokesperson for Microsoft. "That said,
we're investigating the potential that hackers could bypass this process to send unauthorized – rogue – winks that could cause security issues. We will not ship winks with the limited beta so we can address any potential issues."

If i didn't know any better, I'd think that Microsoft was more concerned about the security of their chat program than they were with vulnerabilities in their operating systems.

We're not winking at you, I promise. We just have a little dust in our eye.