Viruses target windows update

[David Lindon]

Hackers have found a way to use windows update to distribute their viruses. Very worrying!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6657677.stm

 

[D-Lew]

That is kind of scary. Man, I wish I could get Linux working on my machine.

 

[Celegorm]

Wow... that's kinda freaky. But that only re-enforces the reason why i always scan for viruses before restarting after an update. Not sure if NOD would catch it, but i can hope.

 

[Rubber314Chicken]

wow... I'm waiting for that too be added to avg before I update again...

 

[A True Folder]

"The bypass relies on [Jowspry] already being present on the system; it is not an attack vector for initial infection.... "

"The simple message is not to get infected in the first place. Don't click on any links or attachments unless you are certain they are safe and use anti-virus software."

Same old same old, if people haven't got this message by now they never will.

 

[joxley1990]

Yeah, that's made my decision, from tomorrow, it's linux!

 

[lhuser]

Why am I not suprised about that?

Plus, I have Automatic Updates Service off and BITS as well.

 

[Celegorm]

My updates arn't compeletly off... i just have it download and if i don't want it, i don't install it.

 

[Cabbs]

Not a big deal to me, I have all my stuff backed up and I don't have a problem reformatting.

 

[A True Folder]

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Irrelevant unless you're infected with Jowspry already

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Same as above, it's no threat unless you're infected with Jowspry.

Storm in a teacup ?????