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Microsoft Won't Offer Patch Before Worm Strikes?
techmuse writes "According to an article in Information Week, Microsoft is aware that the 'Kama Sutra/Blackworm/MyWife' worm will hit on Friday, overwriting office documents, but will not release a patch until its regular monthly patch release on February 14th. Unless, that is, you subscribe to one of Microsoft's pay security services, in which case your machine will have the worm removed in advance." From the article: "The blog offered no explanation why the tool wouldn't be updated earlier, nor did Microsoft immediately respond to questions. Each month, Microsoft pushes a revised tool to Windows users who have Automatic Update enabled for Windows Update or Microsoft Update. The Redmond, Wash.-based company has released the Malicious Software Removal Tool off-schedule once before, in August 2005, shortly after the Zotob worm began striking Windows 2000 systems."
For all practical fly...3on't fear of events toDay, name on the jar of fact came into
Thursday is Groundhog Day, James Joyce's 124th birthday and our last day on earth.
There's an easy answer for this- and it's not to subscribe to their silly service.
The problems with Windows stuff exists because of poor coding and design on MS' part (After 10-15 years, you'd think they'd have gotten it right by now- and things like the WMF flaw just simply take the cake...) and they don't seem to be interested in timely fixes for real problems (read: bugs...) in their product apparently- unless you pay more for the privilege. Any other company's offerings would be shunned like the plague under normal circumstances with these attitudes about their customers.
What's my easy answer for this problem? It's rather simple, really...
Just. Don't. Use. His. Software.
Anything but MS Office. Anything but IE. If you're braver, anything but Windows.
Yeah, I know, easily said, not so easily done.
Many Windows users seem to be spending more effort trying to keep what they're comfortable with because it's
familiar to them, than it actually would take to learn something new that takes much less effort
to learn and use than you're expending to maintain that familiar environment.
Suit yourselves, it is, after all, your time and effort...
I am not merely a "consumer" or a "taxpayer". I am a Citizen of the State of Texas