Colin
06-15-04, 02:27 PM
This week's tip deals with something I cannot stress enough! It is very important for you to keep your OS up to date in terms of patches! Whether your PC is used for word processing, gaming, or even if you're hosting a server, you owe it to yourself and the others around the web to make sure your OS is all patched up. <BR><BR>You see the problem is a hacker, or virus can use your computer as a drone to attack other sites (such as DoS attacks), or if you network is vulnerable, you could even come home to an erased hard drive. <BR><BR>Keeping Windows patches (and there are dozens of them every year) up to date is not hard, nor will it cost you any money. Simply go to www.windowsupdate.com and let it scan your system for any security holes. If you have none, congratulations, but I'd be willing to bet there are some of you out there who are extremely vulnerable.<BR><BR>It's a good idea to check out the Windows Update web site at least once a month as patches come out weekly if not daily. A quick way to do this in WindowsXP/2000/98SE is Start menu > Windows Update.