Brian Burkill

Stevenage

Analyst Programmer

Dunno what all the fuss is about??

Havent even had ONE instance of it. Email filters, firewalls AV Software and up to date Windows software has meant it simply has got nowhere near me, my servers, or my colleagues.

In fact, I have not even had a notification that it has been blocked by the filters.

The sad people with no girlfriends/boyfriends who write virus software are simply exploiting those too complacent to apply the software, those too scared, or those who have too much red tape in place.

On of the reasons for the lack of patches with large firms is because they have so much red tape and beaurocracy, that every upgrade needs to be 'impact analysed'.

Each patch or upgrade has to go through a full testing cycle and release mechanism before it even gets to users. This means that an upgrade can take up to six months before it is applied to users machines or servers.

I saw it happen, in several large firms, where the IT department do not release a patch because it has not been tested, leaving machines vulnerable.

The strategy is good for software developed in house, or new third party software that may impact upon other existing applications. But not really appropriate for security upgrades.