Comments on: Sasser: on a computer near YOU http://www.p2pnet.net/story/1378 p2pnet.net - reader powered Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:11:09 -0300 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/1378/comment-page-1#comment-1646 Reader's Write Thu, 06 May 2004 11:52:37 +0000 #comment-1646 lol true but most arent closing ports. How many people actually define rules in their firewall beyond the default settings? How many know how to close ports on their machines? not many, even the more security conscience I know wait for symantec et al to do virus updates. Not many people who are into prevention rather than cure. I still get firewall hits from Blaster, that happened last August, you'd think that problem would be gone now...just goes to show people would rather someone else fix the problem rather than understand the root of the problem. BTW this time microsoft released the patch 18 days before sasser reared it's ugly head... lol true but most arent closing ports. How many people actually define rules in their firewall beyond the default settings? How many know how to close ports on their machines? not many, even the more security conscience I know wait for symantec et al to do virus updates. Not many people who are into prevention rather than cure. I still get firewall hits from Blaster, that happened last August, you’d think that problem would be gone now…just goes to show people would rather someone else fix the problem rather than understand the root of the problem.

BTW this time microsoft released the patch 18 days before sasser reared it’s ugly head…

]]> By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/1378/comment-page-1#comment-1644 Reader's Write Thu, 06 May 2004 08:48:34 +0000 #comment-1644 Most firewalls stop unauthorized incoming traffic so as long as you have not opened up the ports used by Sasser you should be fine even without Microsoft's patch. Most firewalls stop unauthorized incoming traffic so as long as you have not opened up the ports used by Sasser you should be fine even without Microsoft’s patch.

]]> By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/1378/comment-page-1#comment-1636 Reader's Write Thu, 06 May 2004 05:40:37 +0000 #comment-1636 it's ugly i know quite a few people now who got it good way to make some extra cash thou helping people get their systems back from all these virii it’s ugly i know quite a few people now who got it

good way to make some extra cash thou helping people get their systems back from all these virii

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