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The security catalog files, for which the attributes are not listed, are signed with a Microsoft digital signature. Need more help? Expand your skills. Get new features first. Was this information helpful? Likewise, Gregg Keizer of Computerworld wrote on February 16th that "Microsoft has not yet restored the MS patch to Windows Update, so users can safely download and install all remaining updates issued last week.
In the next sentence Keizer quoted Jerry Bryant of Microsoft as saying "Automatic Updates for MS will remain disabled until our investigation into the restart issues is complete. Bryant's job at Microsoft is security communications and he, apparently, chooses his words carefully.
The critical word here being "Automatic". In response to my finding the pulled patch still being offered by Windows Update , Mr. Bryant said. This means that customers who accept the recommended settings of checking for and installing high priority updates at a. A great example is Google with Buzz. These features being omitted is just out of character for Google which is why I think they can get away with it, just this once.
As sad as it is to say people will compare google's poor handling of Buzz to a common occurance with Microsoft. On a side note I fully agree with the two posters above. MS needs to release potentially one or both of the following. The first is an easy to use one click removal tool for this rootkit and the second is alter the patch code for MS and add in a check prior to patch install. Yeah, Microsoft should definitely do compatibility testing to make sure viruses work as expected after all of their patches.
How dare they? It is no more the responsibility of Microsoft to ensure that user's do not have infections than it is the writers of malicious software's responsibility to ensure that their malware is compatible with future patches.
Yea, you beat me to the post. MS has no responsibility here. And why should they have to??? Because users don't demand better and because users buy the product knowing it will need to be fixed Microsoft can Keep using people as a free test market. As long as i can remember there have been script kiddies and hackers always working the system, They want your information your data or simple to create havoc in your life,.
But you play Microsoft out to be the bad guy.. They are fixing exploits areas of code that malicious people have devised ways to break your system.. While i am a bit tired of the total number of patches each month, it really is a sign of the times rather than Microsoft doing a poor job.. It's all well and good to bash how poorly-designed Windows is Wake me up when Linux is a usable workstation for Windows' target audiences, the random average users off the street. As someone with many 'average user' relatives Linux isn't yet.
It really, really Just built a new pc 4 days ago, installed Kaspersky first before connecting to net, did updates.
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