Paul is absolutely correct. Due dilligence in testing OS's and patches solves a lot of the problems. "Latest" doesn't always mean "greatest".
Our office didn't get hit by the worm in a bad way (we've only seen 2 machines out of some 600 or more that got hit) for a couple reasons: 1) We still run mainly WinNT4.0 on desktop systems 2) Our Security staff stay on top of every single MS Update/Hot Fix that is released Cheers Dave > -----Original Message----- > From: Paul Ewins [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2003 4:31 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: OT Virus warning (no hoax beleive me) :-( > > > I stopped doing that when one of those XP updates disabled my cable modem. > The general rule of thumb at work for our *home* machines is to install > service packs only. For the machines at work, mostly Win2000, we > do a couple > of days testing before applying each of the patches. > > Paul Ewins > Melbourne, Australia > > > The main point here is surely that Microsoft released a > secuirty patch in > > July to deal with this: anyone running XP with Live Update > enabled should be > > secure even without a firewall in place. In today's > environment, if you are > > running XP and you're not checking for updates on a daily basis, you got > > rocks in your head! > > >
