2 May
2004
2 May
'04
11:04 p.m.
The antivirus vendors are bemoaning the fact the Sasser worm has been slow to spread. On the other hand, most of the vulnerable computers seem to have already been taken over by one or more Bots days or weeks before the worms arrived. Other than the obvious, don't let a bot on get on your computer in the first place, are there any opinions about the best anti-bot tools for naive computer users? The major virus vendors seem to be having a bit of trouble dealing with bots, frequently recommending manual editing of files and use of regedit. There is also a much longer delay between the apperance of a new bot and updates to antivirus packages.