Posts Tagged ‘updates’
Fake security update targets Windows users
Written by John P Mello Jr on December 14, 2009 – 4:18 pm -
A Microsoft branded bulletin is offering bogus security updates.
A bane of Microsoft Windows users is the constant patching of the operating system to deal with security vulnerabilities. These frequent events are irritating, not only because they disrupt productivity since they often require a system reboot after they’re installed, but a user never knows how Windows will perform after it’s patched.
More often than not, a patch won’t disrupt the operation of a system, but once users have been burned by one of these updates, they’re forever on tenterhooks when they install them. A case in point: the recent flap over the “black screen of death” falsely attributed to November’s “Patch Tuesday.” Although reports of the glitch were incorrect, the reason they were given immediate credibility was that many Windows users have experienced behavioral problems after installing patches in the past so it was perfectly believable that the latest patches might have created unforeseen headaches for users.
