Re: Be careful of XP - don't do the automatic updates... They had to reformat the whole hard drive!
From: Lanwench [MVP - Exchange] (lanwench_at_heybuddy.donotsendme.unsolicitedmail.atyahoo.com)
Date: 11/17/04
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Date: Wed, 17 Nov 2004 11:08:39 -0500
Beamguy wrote:
> That is not my philosophy - but I just heard that message over my
> cube wall. I didn't bother to correct the guy.
>
> I have posted this here to illustrate that microsoft has failed in
> the security front. As long as people are afraid to patch their
> systems those systems will be on the internet collecting credit card
> numbers and sending spam.
>
> And that message is not just from the drafter next to me - our whole
> IT department
> seems to think that updates from microsoft are to be avoided - and
> only apply them
> when the virus traffic on our internet gets too high, or systems
> start crashing all over the building. Otherwise a few viruses here
> and there are fine - eventually the AV vendor will get it in their
> table and it will be deleted.
>
> Mr. Microsoft - well I don't know what to tell you. You have let
> things slip so long
> I'm not sure you can ever catch up!
What's your suggestion? I think your IT staff is ill-informed....and I'm not
sure how any software vendor/manufacturer can do anything about this. I have
been using, and patching, MS systems for a very long time and can honestly
say that the percentage of "bad experiences" is somewhere between 0%-1%. I'm
not alone in this....
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