Windows worm should never have been a problem
WinInfo | at | by Mike
Over a month ago, Microsoft issued a critical security update, exhorting users to install a patch that fixed a security update the company said, at the time, had yet to be exploited. The patch was made available via Windows Update, via AutoUpdate, through the company's public Web site, and through its Security email newsletters. Security experts at Windows & .NET Magazine and elsewhere practically begged readers to install the patch, and I received an email from senior editor Mark Minasi that he had sent out to tens of thousands of readers noting that installation of the patch was an immediate priority for all Windows administrators. The US Department of Homeland Security even got involved, warning not once, but twice, that Windows users should install the patch that Microsoft issued in early July; the second warning was widely publicized on TV and in newspapers around the world.