Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 14th Apr 2009 15:19 UTC
The Conficker worm, which spreads by infecting Windows computers who are not properly kept up-to-date, was supposed to make a big splash on April 1, but that day passed with a deafening silence on the Conficker front. Since then, there has been some movement by the worm, and data gathered from enterprise users of Sophos' Endpoint Assessment Test indicates that 10% of Windows machines have still not been properly patched, leaving them wide open to a Conficker infection.
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2006-01-09
Whatever... My Debian box not being patched at least will not become part of a botnet to send SPAM or God knows what else. Kaiwai's Macbook not being patched with the fix for the latest 0-day exploit for Mac will not make it part of a huge botnet, etc.
It is about damn time you people stop making excuses and acknowledge that Windows is a fu%$&*# piece of s$%t and that the thing needs to be fixed once and for all for the good of everybody... MS has the resources: FIX IT!
Yes, some people are to blame for not applying patches but certain holes should not be there in the first place...