Study: Unpatched PCs compromised in 20 minutes
Study: Unpatched PCs compromised in 20 minutes - News - ZDNet
According to this study, anyone plugging a new Windows XP computer into the Internet can expect the system to be compromised by malware (malicious software downloaded to a user’s computer without his/her knowledge) within the first 20 minutes.
The Internet Storm Center has published a guide to protecting your new computer that tells what every user should do in the first minutes connected to the Internet.
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August 19th, 2004 at 11:12 am
I may be biased (ok, I am) but I think that the cost of the extra time for downloading patches, constant vigilance for virus definitions and malware, and lost productivity might more than even the playing field for the extra cost to have a Mac (which don’t have nearly the amount of trouble with such things as the PC world). Just my opinion.
August 19th, 2004 at 1:17 pm
Yikes! I’ll have to remember that when/if my personal PC gets plugged in.
August 19th, 2004 at 1:44 pm
Sweets….that’s hard to argue with. And when would I ever argue with you anyway?
BTW…in case anyone wonders…”Sweets” refers to the poster of the penultimate comment in this thread, not to the ultima!
August 19th, 2004 at 5:17 pm
hmmm… except that the ultima comment keeps changing
August 19th, 2004 at 8:43 pm
Restoring you to your rightful place, O Penultimate One!
August 20th, 2004 at 9:30 am
Darn.
August 20th, 2004 at 10:01 am
So, Rog….unless Karyn comments here again, you are now officially the “Sweets” of this post. Congratulations.