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Why can't there be a simple patch which enables the XP firewall for all connections ??

Now that XP SP2 has been pushed back. Why can't there be a simple patch which enables the XP firewall for all connections ?? Make sure all the media knows that the patch is there and get people protected. That should help all the home users who seem to vunerable to all the viruses.

Just a thought, as I amazed that worms like this are still able to cause so much havoc over 3 weeks after the patch has been released.

Just for clarity, I always run winupdate, and keep my system up to date. The firewall issue I am talking about is merely, that it is ridiculous that XP has a tool to stop a lot these attacks but by default is not enabled.

I installed Suse 9 under VMWARE, check for updates resulted in 55mb of downloads !!

Posted: May 04 2004, 10:01 PM by MartinSp | with 3 comment(s)
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Jerry Pisk said:

You're amazed? It's because people think like you do - try to cover up the problem (by enabling firewall) instead of fixing it (installing the patch). Most people think they are safe and they don't need to install patches, because the media feeds them bs about how important it is to have a firewall and an antivirus and so on instead of focusing on fixing the issues by installing patches.
# May 4, 2004 4:26 PM

Snorrk said:

3 weeks is nothing. The biggest worms so far usually exploited flaws that had patches available for at least 6 months.
# May 4, 2004 4:46 PM

Martin spedding said:

I always patch immediately and treat email with suspicion.
# May 4, 2004 5:41 PM
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