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Story: Windows Update flaw 'left PCs open' to MSBlast

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Posted by: Adam Bolte (Saturday 16 August 2003, 8:06 AM)

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My mum was having difficulty a few months ago with her Windows machine crashing and her e-mail somehow becoming deleted. When I went around to have a look at it, I decided that the symptoms were that of a virus. $120AU dollars later, we had an anti-virus program installed and removed a bugbear virus.

My poor mother was so angry, and she asked me why I never have such problems. I mentioned that I was running GNU/Linux. She was a bit worried that if she tried it she would have a lot of new things to learn, but she said that she would give it a shot.

I installed Mandrake for her, and to my suprize she has never looked back! This Blaster virus has caused chaos on all of the machines at my mums work, and she told me that she has great satisfaction from telling everyone that she wasn't affected.

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Story: Windows Update flaw 'left PCs open' to MSBlast

  1. Well, I've been trying to download the Windows 200... Roger Cornwell
  2. this was very useful. i am new to all this and did... Anonymous
  3. The solution offered to correct this alleged flaw... Dale T. Doucet
  4. We downloaded the ptch and installed on our 2000nt... Anonymous
  5. I think it's time to consider using alternatives O... pablo
  6. FYI : MBSA does not support Windows 98. Caprice Settles
  7. Good article, but what about when running Windows... Bill Allen
  8. ha ha HA ha ha ha HA HA HA ha aha aha ahem k... davey crockett
  9. "the sheer volume of patches being generated by Mi... jeff
  10. I'm curious of the amount of bandwidth that is was... Michael Stricklen
  11. I have been busy working on patching many pc syste... Jeff Jackson
  12. I have been busy working on patching many pc syste... Jeff Jackson
  13. My mum was having difficulty a few months ago with... Adam Bolte
  14. Tired of this msblast crap? Buy a Mac! (or get lin... ixavi
  15. It IS tempting to simply put on a smug smile and s... Anonymous
  16. MSBLAST? God, I wish I'd stuck with my Mac ! Anonymous
  17. Blame the virus-writer not the OS! If more people... Nick Lansley
  18. Microsoft announced this vulnerability around 1 mo... Tayfur Arsu
  19. How many times do we have to hear MS sing this son... Bjorn Thrane
  20. THERE MUST BE A LOT OF CONFUSION GOING ON OUT THER... Anonymous
  21. "Billy Gates. Stop making money and fix your softw... DJ
  22. Well, today I received an email with the subject "... Emil Perhinschi
  23. I agree with Nick Lansley. All I here from people... Steve Baxter

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