Terry Porter wrote:
me@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
_The Register_ reports that "staff at hospitals across Sheffield
are battling a major computer virus outbreak after managers turned
off Windows security updates for all 8,000 PCs on the network"
with "more than 800 computers ... infected with self-replicating
'Conficker' code". The virus takes advantage of a known problem
that is resolved through a Windows patch that wasn't installed
because "the decision to disable automatic security updates was
taken during Christmas week after PCs in an operating theatre
were rebooted mid-surgery."
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/01/20/sheffield_conficker/
Welcome to COLA "me".
Yes, we have all heard about this massive WINDOWS ONLY problem. The
purchasing and IT for that hospital responsible for allowing Windows
deployment need to be sacked. Today.
Actually the person who deserves to be sacked is whoever decided Windows
updating should be turned off on all 8,000 PCs instead of just setting
the computers in the operating theater not to automatically install
downloaded updates.
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