On Wed, 21 Jan 2009 19:50:02 -0500, Tony B wrote:
>What's not really clear is: Since I have auto updates on, am I safe?
>How can I tell for sure? I really don't want to turn off autorun.
Really? I always hated autorun and was looking for a way to kill it off
globally (and thank you Rich for that
You can also d/l the patch directly here:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS08-067.mspx
> -Original Message-
> What's not really clear is: Since I have auto updates on, am I safe?
> How can I tell for sure? I really don't want to turn off autorun.
Download and run Secunia Personal Software Inspector. It scans for MS
patches as well as other apps.
http://secunia.com/vulnerability_scanning/personal/
That, or go to Windows Update and have that scan your system. Also:
1. Don't run as admin; and
2. Don't have a lame, easy-to-guess admin pa
What's not really clear is: Since I have auto updates on, am I safe?
How can I tell for sure? I really don't want to turn off autorun.
On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 5:52 PM, Rich Schinnell
wrote:
> FYI: this could be something that some here might want to know about
>
> Here is a report from the US C
FYI: this could be something that some here might want to know about
Here is a report from the US CERT (Computer Emergency Response Team,
US Govt.) on how to keep the new crop of trojans from infecting
computers. Has to do with autorun on removable devices..
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techal
