October 13, 2009 8:02 PM PDT
Podcast: Symantec researcher on biggest Patch Tuesday ever
Tuesday was the biggest Patch Tuesday ever as Microsoft released 13 bulletins for 34 vulnerabilities. But just because Microsoft issues patches, does that mean that users should apply them? Yes, says Ben Greenbaum, senior research manager for Symantec Security.
Greenbaum said that these patches impacted many Microsoft products, including Windows 7 that isn't even out yet.
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I can't hear much more than this - just that there are lots of patches ready, security vulnerabilities already, and many feeds popping up 'twenty things to do after you install Winodws 7' - sounds rather like a normal Windows release to me. Have you any memory about how excited people were about XP? At that time, people weren't really into the net, so taking all things into consideration, it's mostly that people are finally venting relief at getting away from XP and Vista - because everyone really did hate them (XP only became 'popular' after people compared it to Vista)
You need to be a "senior" researcher manager to figure this out?
- by Ben2talk October 25, 2009 3:51 AM PDT
- CNET is more for nerds than Geeks isn't it? or don't you know the difference? :))
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