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After another security hole recently surfaced in Microsoft'sWindows operating system, the software giant released apatch this past Friday to plug the possibly devastating"back door" which allows hackers to potentially seizecontrol of any pc running Windows. The latest threat, "Download.Ject," infiltrates computersafter users surfing with Microsoft's "Internet Explorer" webbrowser visit websites infected with the virus. This newest security patch covers Windows XP, 2000, andWindows Server 2003. Several factors make this latest development more disturbingthan past discoveries of security problems with InternetExplorer, currently the most dominant web browser on themarket. First, it demonstrates very clearly that criminalsdiscovered they can use the power of viruses to veryprofitably steal important bank, personal, and credit datafrom people on a large scale. Second, it took Microsoft what many would consider a verylong time to come up with a patch for this problem. Before a fix appeared, Microsoft told everyone who usesInternet Explorer to stick their finger in the dyke byputting their web browser security settings on high,rendering it impossible to view or use features on manywebsites and web-based services. Third, expect this to happen again as new holes open in thefuture when Microsoft makes Windows more complicated, addslayers of code, and generally makes the operating systemmore complex.This may sound like business as usual, however, I thinkthis story actually points to a much deeper problem, one forwhich I'm not sure a simple solution exists. Though free and reasonably reliable, many people do notautomatically update their Windows operating system throughthe update service on Microsoft's website. (I won't even getinto how many people don't operate up-to-date anti-virusprotection.) Whenever Microsoft publishes a security update, especiallyfor a highly publicized and obviously widespread securitybreach, thousands of people will not immediately downloadthe update. In fact, tens-of-thousands of users will not download thesesecurity updates for days, weeks, even months (if ever).So let me ask what seems like a very elementary question: Bypublishing security updates that point out very obviousflaws in their system, doesn't Microsoft also point the wayto exactly where the holes exist? Let me put it another way.Doesn't this rate the same as discovering that the localbank vault won't lock and then announcing the details on thefront page of the paper along with the dates and times nobank guard will be on duty? After all, if tens-of-thousands of users won't immediatelyget the Microsoft Security Patch, don't those patches showhackers exactly which holes get plugged (and which,logically, must already be open without the patch)?It doesn't take a hacker with more than a basic set ofskills to recognize where and what holes got fixed and thenreverse-engineer how they can get into computers that don'tget updated. Now, do I have a concrete, 100% bullet-proof answer to thisproblem? Unfortunately, I don't have more than a common-sense answer...At this point, your best defense rates staying current onthe latest threats and how to defend against them. Keep your anti-virus software current, your firewall up, andyour Windows software updated with the latest securitypatches.Though not a perfect solution, at least you'll have afighting chance to prevent, or at least minimize, anypossible threats.For more information from Microsoft's website, go herehttp://www.ebookfire.com/download-ject.html
Does,Microsoft,Show,Hackers,Ho