Gates urges users to turn on auto-update
Microsoft chief says users must play their part in cutting down virus combat time.
Microsoft chief Bill Gates has pledged that the time taken for Microsoft to patch vulnerabilities
will be cut, but says that users must turn on automatic update features.
"We will guarantee that the average time to fix will continue to come down," said Gates. "The thing we have to do
is not only get these patches done very quickly ... we also have to convince people to turn on auto-update."
Last week Microsoft urged home users to visit the
Windows Update site to install all critical updates as the company worked alongside ISPs and law enforcement agencies to
identify the origination point of the Download.Ject (JS/Scob) attack and
close down the offending server.
A statement read "Microsoft is unaware of any widespread customer impact based on Download.Ject ...
Microsoft has established with its partners that this attack is not a 'worm' or virus - in other words, this
attack is a targeted manual attack by individuals or entities towards a specific server."
"The Internet Security
Systems X-Force research and development team, a leading third-party research group,
confirms that IIS 5.0 Servers that have not been updated
with security update MS04-011 are susceptible to this
attack."
28 June 2004
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