OT: New Virus?

Xrati · #1 August 18th, 2005, 11:16 AM

Don't you find it funny that someone would waste their time writing a new virus for Win2000? AND Microsoft has a patch fix within a few hours? Do they think that we're all crazy and think that they're saving us all with the policy of waiting for someone to exploit a flaw in their programs and conveniently have a fix ready!!!

This is what happens when you have ONE company (a monopoly) being the only one with an operating system. I live for the day someone comes up with a replacement to Microsoft Crap!!! [img]/threads/images/Graemlins/Cold.gif[/img]

Just Venting!!!

Sorry, but I do feel better now!

El_Phil · #2 August 18th, 2005, 11:21 AM

Well they found the bug last week and issued a fix for it. So roll on a week and somebody's written a virus for it, but, no-one has applied the fix. So it spreads.

Given that Win2K is used by ~50% of corporate desktops that's a hell of alot of computers for a virus to infect.

Thermodyne · #3 August 18th, 2005, 12:35 PM

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El_Phil said:
Well they found the bug last week and issued a fix for it. So roll on a week and somebody's written a virus for it, but, no-one has applied the fix. So it spreads.

Given that Win2K is used by ~50% of corporate desktops that's a hell of alot of computers for a virus to infect.

The worm will work against 2K and pre SP2 XP systems. It will also hit XP sp2 systems that have had the COM updates removed.

narf poit chez BOOM · #4 August 18th, 2005, 02:23 PM

They can't fix everything. Windows is huge - How do you expect them to know about all the holes?

Starhawk · #5 August 18th, 2005, 02:49 PM

Don't you find it suspicious rather then funny that microsoft suddenly has a fix for some of these "new viruses" within a week or less of it's "catastrophic" entry into the Public media and forum?

I wonder sometimes if Microsoft creates these viruses to test out their own security systems and to charge you more when you have to by new Anti-Virus software.

(Yeah I'm a paranoid bastard but its only because they're out to get me)

Fyron · #6 August 18th, 2005, 02:52 PM

The fix was available _BEFORE_ any viruses were written. The worm was was written several days _AFTER_ the security fix was released.

Arkcon · #7 August 18th, 2005, 11:32 AM

The real funny thing is that it the infection caused a real problem at CNN and the NY Times. Some pundits (wags, bloggers, whatever) are claiming that the notoriety this worm has gotten is entirely due to specific attention it was given by these new sources. When all they needed was decent practices to defend themselves.

[EDIT} I spel beter after my mourning coffe

Thermodyne · #8 August 18th, 2005, 12:31 PM

MS was told of the hole and had it pached before the worm was writen. The wormers [sic] prolly used the tech info about the patch to write the worms.

Any Network that is using good update managment was not hit by this one. Any network that was hit, needs to hand out some pink slips and hire some better network people.

The Frenchmen · #9 August 19th, 2005, 12:12 AM

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Xrati said:
This is what happens when you have ONE company (a monopoly) being the only one with an operating system. I live for the day someone comes up with a replacement to Microsoft Crap!!! [img]/threads/images/Graemlins/Cold.gif[/img]

Just Venting!!!

Sorry, but I do feel better now!

Well, there is linux and MacOS is gunna be x86 soon. They already have a beta running on intel cpu's.

Xrati · #10 August 19th, 2005, 12:55 AM

I haven't had any experience with Linux. I suppose I should start looking into it. It has a bad rep with being able to run Windows programs. Maybe someone more familiar with it can explain that? As far as MacOS, I guess it's back to Apple. The last one I had was an Apple IIGS. It was one of the best computers I've ever had. Apple shot themselves in the foot when they stopped the II line! Oh Well, so few choices left...