Microsoft develops cunning strategy to beat Blaster worm

[mikeymike]

The worm didn't affect my machine, because I know how to configure Windows properly and so don't need a firewall :-)

[mikeymike]

No one is perticular upset that our cars runs on Petrol after over a 100years of car development..

And I thought my comparisons were well off-whack sometimes :-)

There's a certain amount to be said for a company using its own products.

[mikeymike]

well just because your clever no need to boast

No, not boasting, just waiting for an opportunity to advertise my site's existence, which has a guide to secure a Win2k/XP installation from scratch :-)

besides the firewall is handy to stop programs conecting to the net that you dont want to

Firewalls aren't fool-proof, and that's the problem to start with.