Exactly. Think of all the poor suckers who install Antivirus XP 2009 without a care in the world.
As soon as that sucker incorporates this exploit, things will get hopping. -- Durf On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 8:49 PM, Carl Houseman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > All it takes is a hacked website serving up an .exe to a browser user who > happily runs it. > > > > Carl > > > > *From:* Michael B. Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > *Sent:* Thursday, October 23, 2008 7:22 PM > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* RE: Out of Cycle Critical Windows Patch to be released today, > stay tuned > > > > All it takes is one VPN'ed computer that is infected to compromise the > enterprise. > > > > Regards, > > > > Michael B. Smith, MCITP:SA,EMA/MCSE/Exchange MVP > > My blog: http://TheEssentialExchange.com/blogs/michael > > Link with me at: http://www.linkedin.com/in/theessentialexchange > > > > *From:* Ken Schaefer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > *Sent:* Thursday, October 23, 2008 7:17 PM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* RE: Out of Cycle Critical Windows Patch to be released today, > stay tuned > > > > I think having firewall enabled by default on Windows XP SP2+ and Windows > Vista will help mitigate the issue in consumer land. > > > > Some of the orgs I work in now use router ACLs or FW rules to block RPC > traffic across subnets/VLANs. That will help mitigate the issue as well > > > Cheers > > Ken > > > > *From:* Kennedy, Jim [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > *Sent:* Friday, 24 October 2008 8:42 AM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* RE: Out of Cycle Critical Windows Patch to be released today, > stay tuned > > > > Prior to me being here this district ignored Code Red. They got nailed bad > and had to shut down for a week and go re-image 3000 computers. Feel free to > quote me on that if you need to J > > > > > > > > *From:* Ziots, Edward [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > *Sent:* Thursday, October 23, 2008 5:28 PM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* RE: Out of Cycle Critical Windows Patch to be released today, > stay tuned > > > > I work at a hospital too, and this situation is a ohh well take NO for an > answer, I have ran it all the way to the top here, and said its getting > done, I don't care about the downtime its better to swallow the pill now > then clean up the mess laters. > > > > I also come in early in mornings ( Like 3:00am or earlier to patch my > systems each month) > > > > So I feel your pain. > > > > Z > > > > Edward E. Ziots > > Network Engineer > > Lifespan Organization > > MCSE,MCSA,MCP,Security+,Network+,CCA > > Phone: 401-639-3505 > ------------------------------ > > *From:* Chinnery, Paul [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > *Sent:* Thursday, October 23, 2008 5:26 PM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* RE: Out of Cycle Critical Windows Patch to be released today, > stay tuned > > > > Must be nice. I work in a hospital so all of the clinical pc's are always > on. The only thing we could do was to set up the reboot for 3:30 AM (same > time as when I or my buddy have to do a real early shift to install patches > and reboot servers.) > > > ------------------------------ > > *From:* Tim Vander Kooi [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > *Sent:* Thursday, October 23, 2008 11:16 AM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* RE: Out of Cycle Critical Windows Patch to be released today, > stay tuned > > And it does require a reboot after install. I hate when out of cycle > patches require reboots. I prefer when my users don't know. > > > > > > *From:* Ziots, Edward [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > *Sent:* Thursday, October 23, 2008 6:28 AM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Out of Cycle Critical Windows Patch to be released today, stay > tuned > *Importance:* High > > > > Heads up gang, more patching for this month, this one out of cycle and > critical no additional information yet. > > Z > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- -------------- Give a man a fish, and he'll eat for a day. Give a fish a man, and he'll eat for weeks! ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
