John W. Colby
jcolby at colbyconsulting.com
Thu Nov 20 19:40:08 CST 2003
Stuart, I personally don't say it has no place in the world. The unfortunate reality is that there are millions of machines out there used by individuals in their homes (or small office) who are too ignorant to run virus checkers. THESE users should indeed install the service patch so that they only screw up their own machines when the virus hits them. It simply has no place in a business where they should be running AV software. John W. Colby www.ColbyConsulting.com -----Original Message----- From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com]On Behalf Of Stuart McLachlan Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2003 7:32 PM To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving Subject: RE: [AccessD] Redemption DLL WAS: Poll: How many versions... On 20 Nov 2003 at 17:55, Brett Barabash wrote: > > >I bypassing it by not installing the service pack that turns it on. (A2K) > Not installing a security service pack to stop malicious VBScript code from > propogating viruses IS a big deal. Are you advising your clients not to > install security patches so your email code will work? > > I'm with JC 100% on this one. The "security" patch is not about stopping viruses from infecting machines. It's not about stopping viruses from causing damage. It's not about stopiing viruses from doing anything. It's about stopping the perfectly legitimate function of interprocess communication which is supposed at the heart of the MS software suite paradigm. It's a half-witted attempt at arse covering by MS which has the side effect of destroying the functionality of many existing applications. Yes I am advising my clients not to instal it. (At least the ones who don't heed my other advice to use non-MS email programs. My Pegasus/Mercury using clients don't have to worry about it at all <VBG>) -- Lexacorp Ltd http://www.lexacorp.com.pg Information Technology Consultancy, Software Development,System Support. _______________________________________________ AccessD mailing list AccessD at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com