Re: How to prevent malware from running on your PC

On Thu, 22 Sep 2005 19:25:03 GMT, Leythos <void@nowhere.lan> wrote:

>In article <k0s5j1htgouv028s36c3q103pcgqgev9qn@4ax.com>, null@zilch.com
>says...
>> I meant to give an example by the things I mentioned. I didn't
>> mention patching the OS though. That's important too, of course.
>> Basically it just means shipping the machine with a OS and internet
>> apps safe to go online with. That's all.
>>
>> "High security" is admittedly a poor choice of term. "Improved
>> security out of the box" is actually what I have in mind.
>
>I buy our systems through a local vendor now, gave up on Dell for new
>purchases. Our systems come with everything we ask for installed, ready
>to use, OEM, pass WGA every time, and have all the patches (up to the
>week that they ship) and latest stable drivers installed. It's so nice
>to not have to install Acrobat 7.0.3, to not have to download the last
>23 security updates, etc.... Oh, and they also include the Office 2003
>service patches in their installation so we don't have to go out and get
>those too.

Indeed. I just started using Win 2K a few months ago and I was
astounded at the number of (and file sizes of) the hotfixes, sp4 and
the rollup. Not to mention Acrobat and Media Player 9 ... with its
huge patch. I can't imagine doing that on dialup.

Art

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Received on Thu Sep 29 20:10:13 2005