Topic: Free Security CD for Windows products.

[B2Media]

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It's also a sysadmin tool - sometimes going on the LAN with an unpatched machine is bad - there are still worms like welchia etc roaming around.

Winblows update isnt quick enough to patch a vulnerable machine before it gets wormed.  

Yup, or people like me who repair computers on the side. I repair computers on college campus and other student complexes where n00bs experience broadband for the first time and more than likely start downloading any spyware-enhanced P2P program they can get their hands on, equaling a plethora of viruses and spyware. Most of them have little to no internet connectivity by the time I'm called in and even a few with CPU usage being 100% constantly due to the computer being out of date as it is    

[RogueJedi_XC]

 

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 there are still worms like welchia etc roaming around.

You have no idea the magnitiude of that understatement.  

I used to dislike virus writers and script kiddies. Now that I work in MS's PC Saftey call-center, I loathe and despise them. String 'em up by the short'n curlies and skin 'em alive, then apply copious amounts of turpentine while rubbing the raw meat with 20-grit sand paper, then coat thoroughly with alcohol prior to setting ablaze. That comes close to how I feel about these malignant creatures. Almost...