Re: *RED* ALERT

From: The Other Guy (nospam@this.addy)
Date: 03/15/03 

From: The Other Guy <nospam@this.addy>
Date: Sat, 15 Mar 2003 19:55:13 GMT

On 15 Mar 2003 18:50:12 GMT, while waiting for Somebody Else to show
up and say something, The Other Guy responded to a post from Juergen
Nieveler <juergen.nieveler.nospam@arcor.de> who wrote in
comp.security.firewalls:

>The Other Guy <nospam@this.addy> wrote:
>
>> The fact that Microsoft never alerts you of such fixes (or any vendor
>> for that matter),
>
>Actually they do - but you have to sign up first. Plus, MS always
>sign their mails with PGP, and _NEVER_ attach files, only download
>links.

Quite true; I sit corrected, Juergen. I should have clarified that,
unless you specifically request to be notified of any updates, you
won't receive them. I never do because you either have to pay for
them, or you also get their sales announcements along with it.

Most (security) software vendors these days will also have an
automatic update or some kind of feature that takes you to their web
site to check on updates, included in the application somewhere. One
reason is so that you don't get fake "official" update announcements
that then lead you to download a virus unsuspectedly. 

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