[NTLUG:Discuss] ... a bunch of "code red" reporting ...

Steve Baker sjbaker1 at airmail.net
Fri Aug 10 22:15:08 CDT 2001


George Lass wrote:
> 
> What a bunch of idiots:
> 
> "Code Red claimed two major victims this week, as Microsoft confirmed
>  that some servers running its MSN Hotmail service were infected with
>  a version of the worm ..."

You'd think that after all the embarassment from the previous N times something
has infected a Microsoft installation, they'd be installing ALL the patches on
ALL of their machines with a religious fervor.

But then why should they care - when you are a monopoly, you don't have to.

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