Re: are the updates really necessary
From: Wayne Search (Wayne_search@alltel.net)
Date: 01/06/03
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From: "Wayne Search" <Wayne_search@alltel.net> Date: Sun, 5 Jan 2003 19:54:07 -0800
I work for a major computer manufacturer within the
computer industry as a hardware and software support
consultant with 19 years experience within the industry.
The majority of problems I see, that are not directly
related to user error, programing error, or a virus,
could be prevented if the end user kept their OS, virus
and application software up to date as far as service
updates and patches are concerned. Even some of my co-
workers and experienced friends fail to keep their OS,
virus and application software up to date and they pay
the price with crashes, viral invasions and inability to
use their systems, or applicatons, on a regular basis.
I check for OS and virus updates on a daily basis and for
application updates on a weekly basis. The time required
daily to keep up to date is about 2-3 minutes of my time
and the weekly application updates about 5 minutes of my
time. Like magic I have never had system damage due to a
virus. I cannot say I have never been attacked by a virus
but the virus that does get to my system has been
quarantined by my AV software just as designed. I HAVE
experienced system crashes but they were caused by my
experimenting while learning how to better do my job.
Also, like magic, I have not experienced system crashes
due to problems with the OS and I have never had the
pleasure of having my system hacked because I also keep a
hardware AND software firewall up and running at all
times. I consider the little time it takes to maintain
the stability and security of my system pitifully small
when compared to the time required to rebuild a system
due to a major OS or application crash, or to a security
or viral breach of my systems security.
A system can never be totally secure but to ignore redily
available updates that serve to limit your systems
vulnerability is both foolhardy and asking for disaster.
OS security and stability updates. Virus definition files
and detection code updates. Application security and
programing updates. These are tools that are useful but
only if they are used. Use tham or suffer the
consequences.
Wayne
>-----Original Message-----
>A firewall is only sufficient if you never let anything
>cross it. It may stop things that you have not interest
>in and did not ask for, but it will not stop something
>hidden within something that you did want and ask
>for (like a virus).
>
>You are always best off keeping a system up to date
>on released service, whether the system is from MS,
>Sun, Red Hat, etc.
>
>--
>Roger
>
>"zahid" <zahidanon@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
>news:056801c2b524$b4da7120$8af82ecf@TK2MSFTNGXA03...
>> I bought XP home edition last in May - but i have just
>> installed it to find so many security updates - but
some
>> users are having problems after the updates. I did
>> install one update and computer seemed to have slowed
>> down. If i used a firewall (Norton) would that be
>> sifficient ? Thankyou.
>
>
>.
>
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