Same situation. Different day. You've seen it happen ad. infinitum. You support a rank and file of Microsoft-based PCs running Windows XP. You spend X hours a week handling call tickets for infected PCs. You can't successfully disinfect unless you simply reghost them. This creates issues for end-users who loose customizations. You support them and manually put back those needed 'tweaks' after ghosting. And you spend additional time downloading security updates to bring the ghosted PCs to the most current patch level. It's an endless treadmill of support for the deficits of a legacy single-user operating system that doesn't adequately address the real multi-user networked world we now live in.
All of this support, in terms of man-hour time, accrues ultimately to the bottom-line. Wouldn't it be nice if you could effectively strike a line through those costs and eliminate them for good?
Nearly every day, I read about Zero-Day exploits. The latest exploit, brought to you by Nate McFeters at ZDNet Zero-Day, entitled Another bug your tools won't find and your WAF won't prevent, is yet again another example of how profoundly bad Microsoft ActiveX technology is.
The article goes into detail on how ActiveX repurposing exploits are being used, in this case against a Juniper VPN SSL Windows client. It refers to the exploit as being 'sexy'. I find this to be a bit troubling. There's nothing to my mind sexy (or cool) about it. Not in the least. What type of public service this provides is in question. If it were me at ZDNet, I'd be providing information on how IT professionals and consumers can avoid ActiveX all together.
Make a change. Linux has everything you need minus the Windows Viruses. openSUSE is safe, secure and not prone to the kinds of exploits which hamper Microsoft Windows products.
Thanks and Be Safe.
All of this support, in terms of man-hour time, accrues ultimately to the bottom-line. Wouldn't it be nice if you could effectively strike a line through those costs and eliminate them for good?
Nearly every day, I read about Zero-Day exploits. The latest exploit, brought to you by Nate McFeters at ZDNet Zero-Day, entitled Another bug your tools won't find and your WAF won't prevent, is yet again another example of how profoundly bad Microsoft ActiveX technology is.
The article goes into detail on how ActiveX repurposing exploits are being used, in this case against a Juniper VPN SSL Windows client. It refers to the exploit as being 'sexy'. I find this to be a bit troubling. There's nothing to my mind sexy (or cool) about it. Not in the least. What type of public service this provides is in question. If it were me at ZDNet, I'd be providing information on how IT professionals and consumers can avoid ActiveX all together.
Make a change. Linux has everything you need minus the Windows Viruses. openSUSE is safe, secure and not prone to the kinds of exploits which hamper Microsoft Windows products.
Thanks and Be Safe.
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