TinyURL for the Symantec link:  http://tinyurl.com/7jxs8z

MS patch:  http://tinyurl.com/5hhj2h

> -----Original Message-----
> > Anybody want to discuss the "downandup" worm? Nine-million served.
> > Another MS non-success story. Their inability, after years of
> > promising, to produce a secure operating system is a significant
> failure.
> No I
> > don't want to see more lame excuses.
> 
> Sure, I'll bite.
> 
> It looks like that MS did make good on their promise to deliver a
> secure OS.
> 
> Infection by OS version:
> https://forums.symantec.com/t5/blogs/blogarticlepage/blog-
> id/malicious_code/
> article-id/224
> 
> The Vista share barely registers next to XP's.  The worm can be
> completely
> mitigated by installing a patch that has been out for months.  MS08-
> 067:
> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS08-067.mspx
> 
> And it's "downadup," not "downandup."  Sheesh.


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