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Are Microsoft to blame for "hidden" malware costs and will
Windows 7 make any difference?
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| A couple of stories have hit the headlines this
| year concerning the huge cost that some UK Local
| Governments incurred when dealing with malware
| attack on their Windows machines. If you missed
| them, Manchester City Council had a single USB
| infected with the infamous Conficker worm and it
| cost them â brace yourself â £1.5m ($2.4m)
| of which £1.2m (US$1.9m) was spent on IT, of
| which a staggering Â600,000 (US$980k) went on
| consultancy fees including money to Microsoft. A
| while later, Ealing Borough Council were hit with
| a cost of Â500000 (about US$ 800k) when they were
| also hit by a single USB stick containing
| conficker. Some in the industry tweeted and
| blogged this as being a âhidden cost of using
| Microsoft Windowsâ. In the ensuing discussion,
| many pointed out that the high cost was really due
| to the lack of a proper patching and disaster
| recovery policy at the council. So which is right?
| Is dealing with malware a hidden cost of using
| Windows or of a poor IT strategy?
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| Regardless of your software choice, a poor
| patching policy is a very bad idea if you value
| system integrity. But if you going to argue your
| case on TCO, Microsoft, donât then try to dodge
| talk of the additional costs for maintaining,
| patching and clearing a Windows-based system.
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http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/columns/microsoft_hidden_malware_costs_windows_7
Recent:
Microsoft plans monster Patch Tuesday next week
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| Unlucky 13 sets record as biggest-ever patch day,
| includes first-ever for Windows 7 RTM
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| The company will ship a total of 13 updates next
| week, eight of them pegged "critical," the highest
| threat ranking in its four-step scoring system,
| beating the previous record of 12 updates shipped in
| February 2007 and again in October 2008.
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http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9139155/Microsoft_plans_monster_Patch_Tuesday_next_week
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