17 Ağustos 2005 Çarşamba

New Worm Strikes Windows 2000 (and Early XP) Machines

My company upgraded all computers to Windows XP this year, and personally I was quiter skeptical. Windows 2000 was fast, stable, and reliable, whereas my experience with Windows XP was largely that it was just bloatware. (Bloatware meaning it required more RAM, more CPU power, more hard drive space, but gave no discernable advantage.) Well, it appears it is a good thing we did upgrade. Yesterday, a new Windows worm hit the internet hard taking down Windows 2000 computers all over the globe. Several folks in my own family were hit (on work computers, at home we are an Apple family) and it appears that whole divisions of CNN were taken out. Newer versions of Windows XP are immune.

This worm can be stopped if you have the newest Windows Updates. Please check and upgrade your systems immediately, if you have not done so already.

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