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| Thread ID: 36845 | 2003-08-21 23:56:00 | Blaster: It Didn't Have to Happen | Babe Ruth (416) | Press F1 |
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| 169414 | 2003-08-22 08:26:00 | > Fourth: Most people at home aren't able to handle > their own firewalls or antivirus software. How would > they ever stand a chance with this? I've had more > problems with people turning on the XP firewall as a > result of this than actual Blaster problems. Don't agree. I'm 79 years of age and a great grandfather and my memory is only about 40 Mb now, but I am using, a virus protection programme, zone alarm firewall and have downloaded all the security patches since I got this computer and agree with the original posting that we all have a responsibility to keep our systems clean. I do however think that the retailers have a duty to their customers to make known these security matters especially the downloading of security patches and advice on free firewalls available. Some sort of brochure should go with every computer sold advising purchasers of the dangers of not having virus protection and security facilities. |
heaton (3697) | ||
| 169415 | 2003-08-22 09:11:00 | > >>What do you expect them to do? > Yes I expect them to send Bill to every owner of XP > and patch it for them :D > > What I meant was they need to be proactive when a > security hole is found and contact their customers as > appropriate. Often you learn about these things via > the media, not via some Microsoft contact. There is always onus on the owner as well though. When a bug/hole/breach or whatever is found in MS software it is almost always more advertised than if there is a fault in a car or something where the manufacturer just puts a public notice in the back of a newspaper. I think Microsoft is doing enough - it's up to the techs and the salespeople to get the message across to people when buying a new machine that they need to keep up with updates. Mike. |
Mike (15) | ||
| 169416 | 2003-08-22 09:28:00 | > I do however think that the > retailers have a duty to their customers to make > known these security matters especially the > downloading of security patches and advice on free > firewalls available. Some sort of brochure should go > with every computer sold advising purchasers of the > dangers of not having virus protection and security > facilities. Yes I agree. Mike. |
Mike (15) | ||
| 169417 | 2003-08-22 10:07:00 | I was hit by blaster when it hit, Tonight I logged onto the net with my new pc Running WinXP Pro & the first place I went was microsoft "Product activation". I hadn't been on the net for 1 minute when up popped on my screen the Blaster "NT Authority"popup message. I couldn't beleive how fast it got me,Lucky I already had the patch on my other HDD. Cheers Steve |
Steve Askew (119) | ||
| 169418 | 2003-08-22 11:41:00 | It's been a while since I last installed Windows XP but I'm sure that last time I did automatic updating was set to on from the start. If that is the case these people must have turned it off for some reason. So they must have thought they knew something about what they are doing. | -=JM=- (16) | ||
| 169419 | 2003-08-22 13:00:00 | yes its normally on by default (same as the firewall) but with some pc's (eg restore disked pc's) the default install is modded so it can be off by default. also as i found today, the auto update was working and the person had clicked to download the updates but they simply hadn't been idle on the net long enough for the downloads to start downloading. |
tweak'e (174) | ||
| 169420 | 2003-08-22 20:30:00 | Heaton Yes, there are plenty who are able to handle it. However, there are even more who aren't. Three of the people I need to reach in the soccer team I coach have been affected and none of them know which end of the PC is the pointy end. I had to run off some disks for them and spell out how to insert the floppy, click Run, etc. There is no way any of these people would ever try to change entries in the registry. robo. |
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