ZOTOB Not Quite as Bad as Expected?

GuitarNeophyte writes "Although the worm hasn't been in the wild for very long, ZOTOB and its variants have already propagated on the internet. Many people have been giving reports that it poses risks of infection to almost all Windows Operating systems, but accorning to this article, the claims are a tad overzealous. FTA, 'The worm only spreads to systems running on Windows 2000, XP and Server 2003, and even then, the possibility of the worm affecting Windows XP and Server 2003 are minimal.' "

Comments

let me see if i understand

[jonesy16]

People who hate Windows write worms and viruses designed to discredit the operating system and cause mass chaos.

People who hate Microsoft pirate Windows (see the first reply to this article) or refuse to authenticated it in an effort to defy the M$ empire and therefore cannot utilize the patches designed to keep their system safe from other Microsoft haters.

So now honest companines and hard working individuals must spend time and money trying to protect their systems because of some anti-Microsoft zealots who are the same people complaining that they can't patch windows cause they stole it?

Re:let me see if i understand

[Prof. Pi]

So now honest companines and hard working individuals must spend time and money trying to protect their systems because of some anti-Microsoft zealots

... and because of all the Microsoft coders who astroturf /. when they should be checking their code for security flaws.

Re:Aren't all media reports of internet viruses

[NatasRevol]

A system SHOULD run safe when connected to the internet. It's just that many have chosen an easy to infect OS.

Re:Patch available?

[Epistax]

I'll install the next service patch as soon as Microsoft let's me decide which browser to do it with. Where's the network install (aka downloadable) patch?