WINDOWS XP/2K/NT MAJOR SECURITY RISK...

Michael · Post by **Michael** » Wed Aug 13, 2003 9:27 am

It's a good day to be a Mac user!

Well, every day is a good day to be a Mac user, but lately, it's been ever better than normal.

Anthony · Post by **Anthony** » Wed Aug 13, 2003 11:00 am

I'm sure Microsoft is a little more up to par then people would like to give them credit for... I mean any company that is a decent size (anything over 10 people) should have this patched by now (Or at least patching the most critical systems while they work on it), if they don't deserve to be hit hard.

the_few_the_many369 · Post by **the_few_the_many369** » Sun Aug 24, 2003 4:14 pm

hey, does anyone elce becides me think its strange that Microsoft announced that risk of that RPC and put up a patch for that A long time ago? And then as soon as that worm came out, those anti virus companys had a tool to remove it? I dunno i think its pretty strange! I think microsoft has some kind of relationship with those anti virus companys and have them fix things for them adhead of time and tell them they have troubles with there software. So they have those companys fix it for them as soon as those "hackers" start relasing that worm?? Or have that removal tool i should say.
Ya i was gunna post this some time ago, but humm forgot lol!!!!

Walker · Post by **Walker** » Sun Aug 24, 2003 4:53 pm

Nope, Its Just You.

Anthony · Post by **Anthony** » Sun Aug 24, 2003 8:59 pm

Of course M$ talks to the AV companies, but it not anything that shouldn't be expected.

Michael · Post by **Michael** » Mon Aug 25, 2003 8:35 am

Besides, Microsoft released a patch for that exploit over a month ago. Not its fault, nor the fault of the AV companies, if no one downloaded it.

harra · Post by **harra** » Mon Aug 25, 2003 9:24 am

It's just human nature. If a warning came out that a huge disaster was coming and that people needed to get prepared (i.e. stock up on supplies, water, etc), most of mankind would wait until there was only a few hours left.

the_few_the_many369 · Post by **the_few_the_many369** » Mon Aug 25, 2003 2:28 pm

HEY! Were comparing apples to oranges here! From weather to computers, its just not the same! You all know im right!!!!!

harra · Post by **harra** » Mon Aug 25, 2003 2:40 pm

No, I'm talking about human nature. Human nature is that they wait until the last minute to do ANYTHING. Remember the Y2K thing? Many, many, many people were scrambling at the last minute trying to gather their supplies to survive the turmoil that never happened.

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