Virii that run rampant for no reason
I feel the need to mention a frequent problem. The problem is virii (such as the latest that exploit MS products. Hell, this one is exploiting a bug that MS released an update for last month.
Now the root cause here is faulty programming on MS’s part. Unfortunately, there’s not a whole lot you can do about besides not using their stuff, which isn’t always practical for most people. On the up side, MS has gotten better about security and bugs in general in the last couple of years.
What you can do is check Windows Update (which interestingly enough MSBlast is set to launch a DoS attack on this weekend (that is, flood the site with so many bogus requests that it is unable to respond to legitimate ones)) on a regular basis (such as weekly, you can also configure windows to do this on it’s own). You should also be sure to update your virus definitions just as often (Norton AV can do this automatically as well).
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