Windows Update… Doh!
Posted by Sheldon on August 1st, 2004.Print This Post | Email to a friend | Leave a Comment
I’m heading down to Orlando for some meetings and I borrowed the company loaner laptop. As part of the preparation, I thought I’d better check out Windows Update just to make sure I wouldn’t be sending out spam the whole time.
Only one word came to mind, that I was allowed to say. “DOH!”
First, just the fact that I needed to do 50+ “Critical Updates” made me say “Doh.”
Second, I realized that the computer had probably been spending its days sending out “Viagra” spam.
The reason I am writing this little entry is to say that every Friday, I head over to Windows Downgrade to see how many patches MS has created.
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August 15th, 2004 at 5:22 pm
Not downloading all MS updates doesn’t mean that you send spam all day… :S
August 16th, 2004 at 9:19 am
Critical Updates from MS usually are tagged with the notification that they patch a hole where attackers could gain control over your computer. Any guesses as to what these attackers do when they have control of your computer?
August 16th, 2004 at 4:02 pm
They delete all of your files :-P
August 16th, 2004 at 4:59 pm
Oh phew. As long as they don’t spam then I guess I don’t need to install the updates. That will save sooo much time for me to download spyware.