Re: Be careful of XP - don't do the automatic updates... They had to reformat the whole hard drive!
From: Tim Holman \(MVP - Security\) (tim_holman_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 11/18/04
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Date: Wed, 17 Nov 2004 23:48:24 -0000
That's what SUS is for - it lets network adminstrators choose which updates
they think should be applied...
Any decent administrator should TEST ALL patches on a standard build anyway,
otherwise they is not worth their salt !
I've seen MINIMAL problems reported with any patch deployment - maybe SP2
was the killer as people didn't check compat. lists beforehand, but as for
machines requiring a reformat, then what about XP system restore ? What
about corporate backups ? What if the machine was so messed up with a virus
in the first place it wasn't actually anything to do with the MS patch ??
I think MS have done a superb job of co-ordinating patch distribution over
their 100 million+ user base - it's no easy feat !
Cheers,
Tim
"Beamguy" <nobody@home.com> wrote in message
news:ePz4rLLzEHA.824@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> 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!
>
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