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Story: DirectX attack expected - patch Windows now

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Posted by: Arthur B. (Friday 22 August 2003, 10:10 PM)

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Not all unpatched computers got infected. Simply disable well known Microsoft ports and well known Microsoft mail and browser programs and that's the end of many security hazards. Past, present and future. Whatever the up-to-date status of ones anti-virus program.

Would the above render computers unusable or hinder productivity and ease of use? Only for the clueless.

Did you pay your consultant's fee today? Why?

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