As I have been working for a multinational company for the past couple of years, I know that it can take a very long time to get patches/changes implemented into current production releases. Especially with Microsoft patches, you never know when they may break an application that is business-critical. Anytime our guy have to patch our machines it takes ages of them testing.
I know this isn't much of an excuse, but the virus/worm writers are really the ones at fault here. I mean, let's say that you got into a car accident which wasn't your fault. Now, any damage done to your car should be the responsibility of the person who ran into you... right? Or can I go speeding down residential streets now thinking "Well, everybody should know to tell their kids not to play in the streets, so any little kid I kill isn't really my fault anyway..."
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As I have been working for a multinational company for the past couple of years, I know that it can take a very long time to get patches/changes implemented into current production releases. Especially with Microsoft patches, you never know when they may break an application that is business-critical. Anytime our guy have to patch our machines it takes ages of them testing. I know this isn't much of an excuse, but the virus/worm writers are really the ones at fault here. I mean, let's say that you got into a car accident which wasn't your fault. Now, any damage done to your car should be the responsibility of the person who ran into you... right? Or can I go speeding down residential streets now thinking "Well, everybody should know to tell their kids not to play in the streets, so any little kid I kill isn't really my fault anyway..."