OT: New Virus?

[Starhawk]

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]

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

[Xrati]

I still think it is suspicious! I think the new logo for Microsoft should be:

"MICROSOFT, the virus friendly operating system."

I'm really feeling much better about this now!

[Atrocities]

I tell you what, if you hate Microsoft so much, why don't you, being the visionary that you are, go out with three of your best friends of like mindedness and start your own company. Steal technology from other companies, aquire ideas from companies that you end up working for, and bid on producing software for which you do not own, yet, and then go out and buy the idea from a real programer for a token fee that boils down to less than 1% of the over all profits you get for licensing it to IBM. Then with the capitol you have, begin buying up, or stealing, new technology and methods while claiming to own everything else from Bionary to Basic. In the end, after you have personally become the richest man in the history of the world, get laid for the first time, at 40, build a billion dollar house on your own person island, having bought out everyone else, and go to events around the world asking if anyone can break a million dollar bill. (The one with your face on it.)

[Thermodyne]

You forgot the first step....have a $1000000.00 trust fund to fall back on. Second step would be a mother on the board of the largest computer company at the time.

[Richard]

Actually this worm hit a lot of large corporate sites, but they will never let you know due to the PR hit. Working where I do I know my workplace was hit, and since we deal with a lot of other large corporations, I know that they were hit. Luckily we stopped in the user lan before it got into real production.

[Atrocities]

In the last year I have been issued at least six replacement visa cards, visa check cards, and one master card because of worms and hacking successes at banks and bank reciept processing centers. They tell you about it weeks after it happens. Only once was my checking and saving account plunder, and that was back in Nov 2002 and that is still under investigation.

[Thermodyne]

Richard said:
Actually this worm hit a lot of large corporate sites, but they will never let you know due to the PR hit. Working where I do I know my workplace was hit, and since we deal with a lot of other large corporations, I know that they were hit. Luckily we stopped in the user lan before it got into real production.

I guess the question would be: Why were you hit?

WSUS is free, and it manages patches quite well.