As Spawn Point caters to gamers, allot of people within our community have a strong sense for open source, platforms, such as Linux. The reasons for these 'feelings' are everything from 'supporting the underdog' to the ol faithful price point. The one thing that always gets me though is when someone who 'is in the know' discuss security as it relates to MS VS Open. I personally, although started out my career as a Microsoftee, have no real 'feeling' for windows or any other operating system. I do know, that one is definitely not more secure then the other. What many security professionals fail to point out is that no matter what you are running, if it is not up to date, patched or upgraded, you are putting the system at risk. Here is a recent posting from the guys at SANS about a new type of virus righting style is starting to proliferate:
Are you having trouble with Windows Update?
Your system may appear to become unresponsive when Windows Update or Microsoft Update is scanning for updates that use Windows installer, and you may notice that the CPU usage for the svchost process is showing 100%.
When you try to install an update from Windows Update or from Microsoft Update, you experience the following symptoms:
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Your system may appear to become unresponsive when Windows Update or Microsoft Update is scanning for updates that use Windows Installer. |
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You receive an access violation error in svchost.exe. This access violation stops the Server service and the Workstation service. |
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A memory leak occurs when Windows Update or Microsoft Update is scanning for updates that use Windows Installer. |
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Windows Update or Microsoft Update scans take a very long time, sometimes hours, to complete. |
DOWNLOAD THE FIX HERE:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=7A81B0CD-A0B9-497E-8A89-404327772E5A
Read about it here:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/927891
