by not patching

i run windows 2k and 2k server on all the machines here.
i virus scan every once in a while.
i have never been infected with a virus.
i get sent on average 15 virus emails a day, same for dad.

If you have patched outlook express or outlook up to date you cannot run
programs without disabling the security.
if you can run programs or hell even save .pif .exe whatever files out of
the program you have either not patched or have disabled the "security".

About the worst that has happened is dads computer was infected with the
scumware "cool web search" looks like i forgot to patch his computer once
and it got in through a JVM vunerability.

by the way before anybody makes any snide remarks about patching linux is
just as bad, it wanted to install 400mb of patches for my mandrake install.

-----Original Message-----
From: pic microcontroller discussion list
[mailto:PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU]On Behalf Of David Koski
Sent: Saturday, May 01, 2004 2:49 PM
To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
Subject: Re: [OT:] Windows/Linux security


On Fri, 30 Apr 2004 23:08:03 -0500
"Robert B." <piclist@NERDULATOR.NET> wrote:

> > in outlook you need to edit the registry in order to even have the
ability
> > to save a program out
> > outlook express you need to find a buried security tab disable it before
> > you are able to save it out
> > once you have disabled the security you can run the program from
outlook/e
> > with a few clicks but if sombody is going to run it they will run it
> > wether they have to save it or not.

<snip>

> Speaking from personal experience, my windows machines
> regularly get infected with nuisance viri and the occasional more serious
> virus, but I have yet to experience any such nuisance in my freebsd
machine.

Okay, I'm confused. Surely you are not jumping through the hoops indicated
above
just to get "viri". How do you (and every other Windows user connected to
Internet) get them?

<snip>

David

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