Posted by Virus Bulletin on Jun 28, 2004
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."
Posted on 28 June 2004 by Virus Bulletin
