"David H. Lipman" <DLipman~nospam~@Verizon.Net> wrote in message
news:Gg52i.67070$Ae.39897@trnddc07...
> From: "AMUN" <spamblocker@bell.net>
>
>
> |
> | To answer your question that app is not going to do any harm.
> |
> | But like a few others here, I don't even recommend allowing windows to
> | auto-update.
> | I'm just waiting for the day I start hearing on the news that some
> | enterprising hacker finds a hole in that and starts auto uploading
> viruses
> | to everyone's machines
> |
> | Better to just get into the habit of checking every several days, and
> then
> | doing the manual update to see what they are trying to force on you.
> | I'm still blocking their "critical update" that will put IE 7 on my
> machine.
> |
>
> Contrary to that assertion...
>
> I DO recommend using Auto-Updates.
> It is an important way to protect oneself against exploitations that are
> used in the wild.
> Most notable are the WMF and ANI Exploits.
>
> The caveat...
> An update that behaves "badly". This happens from time-to-time.
> However all updates can be Rolled-Back.
>
> The fact is the average person will NOT check for old and vulnerable
> versions of software or
> check the Windows Update Web Site on a periodic basis. The avg. person
> doesn't even think
> about such things at all.
>
> Check your own PC and see if you left something out that needs to be
> updated.
> http://secunia.com/software_inspector
>
>
> --
> Dave
> http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html
> http://www.ik-cs.com/got-a-virus.htm
>
>


Agreed!
But "The Average Person" will not be here reading this thread.
Nor will they be reading any others here, as they won't even know what
"spyware" is.