many people seem to think that the patch/virus definition should be made available prior to its announced release date. with so many anti-virus sites already indicating that they have had an update since Jan 18th(!) and additional updates from MS, then where's the problem? to release this type of update earlier may require resources, increasing cost, thereby lessening the chance that MS would want to focus on these patches prior to systems being compromised(not they're on top of the ball, but at least they are in the ring).
i would say it would be bad if MS was the only one who knew how to prevent the worm and caused some sort of failure which could then be indicated as negligence,but this isn't the case...
however... some sites are reporting that the worm will attempt to remove/prevent anti-virus software and will try to do so every hour, in that case, good luck!
http://isc.sans.org/diary.php?storyid=1067
Why on earth would you want something so limited? Three separate buttons, three separate OLEDS, limited product lifetime, and a cable probably as big as the device to boot... why not just have a nice mini touch-screen interfaced through bt which can be versatile enough to use the whole display if necessary and could also be thinner? am i on the right track?
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many people seem to think that the patch/virus definition should be made available prior to its announced release date. with so many anti-virus sites already indicating that they have had an update since Jan 18th(!) and additional updates from MS, then where's the problem? to release this type of update earlier may require resources, increasing cost, thereby lessening the chance that MS would want to focus on these patches prior to systems being compromised(not they're on top of the ball, but at least they are in the ring). i would say it would be bad if MS was the only one who knew how to prevent the worm and caused some sort of failure which could then be indicated as negligence,but this isn't the case... however... some sites are reporting that the worm will attempt to remove/prevent anti-virus software and will try to do so every hour, in that case, good luck! http://isc.sans.org/diary.php?storyid=1067
Why on earth would you want something so limited? Three separate buttons, three separate OLEDS, limited product lifetime, and a cable probably as big as the device to boot... why not just have a nice mini touch-screen interfaced through bt which can be versatile enough to use the whole display if necessary and could also be thinner? am i on the right track?