DOWNADUP computer virus

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pat624
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DOWNADUP computer virus

Post by pat624 »

Anyone had trouble with this?....all the computers in my works network have it. Seems to be unstoppable.

Home PC is fine its seems to be targetting businesses.

I do hope they dont have to give everyone the day off work to fix it....NOT

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Weyland
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Post by Weyland »

Given that Microsoft fixed the vulnrability that this virus exploits more than three months ago, the chances are that home PCs are okay because they tend to have XP or greater, and be set to automatically recieve Windows updates.

Any business suffering from it also suffers from lazy IT staff who can't be bothered to apply updates properly. ;)

Apparantly, three in ten Windows PCs still haven't had the patch applied, which means at least three in ten PC users shouldn't be allowed near the bloody Internet because they're too stupid to survive out here. ;)

(sorry, personal hobby horse ;) )
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