Windows users, patch your systems asap

[mikeymike]

Run Windows Update as soon as possible.  15 vulnerabilities, and a patch for all of them were released today.

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS04-011.mspx

[mikeymike]

The MS and WU sites are totally swamped at the moment as well.  I got a friend in the US to download it for me, and I'm downloading it from his machine currently.  Transatlantic connectivity is taking a hit though I think.

MS, can you say "worldwide load balancing"? :-)

[mikeymike]

"Not very".  I'm under the impression that a default Mac install is a little less vulnerable than the average Linux distro install, and a good bit less than a default Windows install (though that last part isn't very difficult at all).

Against a decently configured Windows install (and no MS apps installed/in use), I think Windows comes out on top.  Though a decently configured Windows install versus a decent MacOS setup, dunno.