Re: Anyone got SP2 thru Automatic Updates yet?
From: Ken Blake (kblake_at_this.is.an.invalid.domain)
Date: 08/18/04
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Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2004 11:17:29 -0700
In news:eQJ$S1UhEHA.3932@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl,
George <pop@email.com> typed:
> Am I the only one that sees a problem with people leaving their
> computers connected to the internet for long periods of time?
> The
> thought is that most people don't even realize that they need
> some
> form of protection from outside snoopers.
I don't know whether you're the only one, but I don't see "long
periods of time" as any problem at all.
If you don't have a firewall, anti-virus software, anti-spyware
software, etc., you're at risk when you are connected. The issue
isn't for how long you connect unprotected, it's *whether* you
connect unprotected. Are you aware of how long it takes for an
unprotected computer on the internet to get infected with Sasser?
It's just a few seconds.
> Maybe MS is wanting all of these unprotected people to get
> infected
> in some form or another and then they will learn their lesson?
That's simply nonsense, as far as I'm concerned. Every infection
is bad publicity for Microsoft; that's the last thing they would
want.
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