yes MS release a patch and then fail to update windows update with the patch immediately providing a window of opportunity for people to exploit the hole: Check the technical bulletins, as often as not you will see "Windows Update will be updated at a later date..."
----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob Laurence" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, October 04, 2003 4:35 AM Subject: [wdvltalk] RE: Viruses : very simply, if MS releases a patch then the hackers and script kiddies : decompile and reverse engineer it to see what the patch is patching then : they go from there. : : But then again this is only one way that these unscrupulous people attack : another's computers. : : Plus they monitor dns traffic on the web : : then again this is off topic ;) : : bob : : ----- Original Message ----- : From: "Steven Olson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : Sent: Friday, October 03, 2003 8:34 AM : Subject: [wdvltalk] RE: Viruses : : : > Peter MacGregorwrote: : > : > >How does a virus identifier such as Sophos or Norton or whoever, know the : > >worm, virus, trojan or whatever is out there if no-one reports it? : > : > Honeypots, I've read: attractively named and configured (i.e., unpatched, : > etc) computers used to atttract virii and worms. : > : > /steven : > : > : > ____ . The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM . ____ : > To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] : > Send Your Posts To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] : > To set a personal password send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the : words: "set WDVLTALK pw=yourpassword" in the body of the email. : > To change subscription settings to the wdvltalk digest version: : > http://wdvl.internet.com/WDVL/Forum/#sub : > : > ________________ http://www.wdvl.com _______________________ : > : > You are currently subscribed to wdvltalk as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] : > To unsubscribe send a blank email to %%email.unsub%% : > : > : : : : ____ . The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM . ____ : To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] : Send Your Posts To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] : To set a personal password send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the words: "set WDVLTALK pw=yourpassword" in the body of the email. : To change subscription settings to the wdvltalk digest version: : http://wdvl.internet.com/WDVL/Forum/#sub : : ________________ http://www.wdvl.com _______________________ : : You are currently subscribed to wdvltalk as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] : To unsubscribe send a blank email to %%email.unsub%% : : --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.522 / Virus Database: 320 - Release Date: 29/09/03 ____ � The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM � ____ To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Send Your Posts To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To set a personal password send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the words: "set WDVLTALK pw=yourpassword" in the body of the email. To change subscription settings to the wdvltalk digest version: http://wdvl.internet.com/WDVL/Forum/#sub ________________ http://www.wdvl.com _______________________ You are currently subscribed to wdvltalk as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
