Patch and P(r)ay?

Vikingod · Jan 5, 2006, 04:08 PM

After years of customer feedback, Microsoft has indeed gotten better about writing its security advisories in plainer English and less geek speak, but still I find myself sometimes glazing over potentially significant details buried within the notices.

Take this little morsel for instance, tucked into Redmond's latest advisory about how the few hundred or so distinct threats attacking Windows users through a critical unpatched software flaw "are limited in scope and not widespread."

"If you are a Windows OneCare user and your current status is green," the advisory reads, "you are already protected from known malware that uses this vulnerability to attempt to attack systems."
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Read More / Source: Washington Post

Jan 5, 2006, 04:08 PM	#1
Vikingod Int'l Fish Liaison Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: By the light of lamp I sit and type... Posts: 16,197 Rep Power: 112 System Specs	Patch and P(r)ay? After years of customer feedback, Microsoft has indeed gotten better about writing its security advisories in plainer English and less geek speak, but still I find myself sometimes glazing over potentially significant details buried within the notices. Take this little morsel for instance, tucked into Redmond's latest advisory about how the few hundred or so distinct threats attacking Windows users through a critical unpatched software flaw "are limited in scope and not widespread." "If you are a Windows OneCare user and your current status is green," the advisory reads, "you are already protected from known malware that uses this vulnerability to attempt to attack systems." __________ Read More / Source: Washington Post