Re: HOWTO: How to remove VX2 spyware (the latest and worst versions)

In news:1134518188.958159.115770@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
dude <deepdark@xxxxxxxxx> had this to say:

My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:

>> Actually SP2 could have little to do with it. Yes there are
>> vulnerabilities that are mitigated and there is the FireWal, etc...
>
> Can't you read? I said it already twice in capital letters - NO
> SECURITY VULNERABILITY FIXES WERE ALLOWED.
>
> It's like saying you have to buy a 5 star security car, wear a
> seatbelt, but you're not allowed to ever wipe the windshield.
>
> To defend this stance is just plain crazy. An idiot administrator
> should have installed SP2 and enabled Automatic Updates and increased
> security. This alone could have prevented infiltration of spyware. End
> of story.

Agreed for the most part. The best, and only, real defense is a layered
defence of regular updates as rapidly as possible, firewall with proper
configuration, anti-malware tools set to update automatically and often,
and - the most important step - education. Security is a process not an
application...

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Galen - MS MVP - Windows (Shell/User & IE)
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"My life is spent in one long effort to escape from the commonplaces of
existence." - Sherlock Holmes


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