I am so sick of listening to everybody spout opinions about MS admins who did'nt properly patch thier machines. IF you go to symantecs page on nimda they list the link to the MS patch needed for the virus. If you go the page listed it clearly states that the patch is not needed if you have service pack 2 already installed. This is untrue! My machine was up to date with all patches and service packs and was still infected. In conclusion, please complain about how microsoft sucks but keep in mind two things: 1) IF Linux ever got a decent market share viruses would be written for it. These people write viruses to cause damage, then why write it for a small portion of the market? 2) At least some admins were not at fault this time.
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I am so sick of listening to everybody spout opinions about MS admins who did'nt properly patch thier machines. IF you go to symantecs page on nimda they list the link to the MS patch needed for the virus. If you go the page listed it clearly states that the patch is not needed if you have service pack 2 already installed. This is untrue! My machine was up to date with all patches and service packs and was still infected. In conclusion, please complain about how microsoft sucks but keep in mind two things: 1) IF Linux ever got a decent market share viruses would be written for it. These people write viruses to cause damage, then why write it for a small portion of the market? 2) At least some admins were not at fault this time.