Re: Microsoft distributes free CDs in Japan to patch Windows

[Daniel Senie <dts () senie com>]

At 05:02 PM 8/25/2003, Jack Bates wrote:

> Henry Linneweh wrote:
>
> > Microsoft has a task scheduler that people should learn to use to remind
> > them to check update to make sure their patches are current, it is
> > located in the control panel and labled Scheduled Tasks and has an
> > Add Scheduled Tasks icon to add update, FYI
>
> And that helps a fresh store bought computer how? It'll be infected before 
> it can even download the first initial patches.

Purchase of a $60 NAT/router and inserion of that between computer and 
cable modem deters this type of attack, and allows the user the chance to 
download patches. So does enabling the firewall feature Microsoft put into 
XP, but didn't enable (and have now decided to enable).