[Coco] VCC Color Computer 3 Emulator v2.0.1 - Public Release (finally!)

[Stephen H. Fischer]

I have gotten only ~ one or two virus, the first was during an attempt to get networking working on W2K decades ago. I am staying away from XP and will also stay away from Vista when it's time is up.

Why? If you look at the MSFT Updates they often are for software common to XP, Vista, W7 and W10.

When the fixes are released for Vista, W7 and W10 and not XP that tells the bad people exactly how to attack XP. That's why the fixes are released at the same time.

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MSFT appears to have changed the option for 

"Check for updates but let me chose whether to download and install them".

No longer is an notification put up that updates are available.

So I installed the fresh updates 15 days too late or even two months too late.

Between the time updates are released and the time all have been installed by everyone is a period when the bad people are very busy as they then have a road map they can follow.

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It appears I am going to have a light day:

[DoS Attack: TCP/UDP Chargen] from source: 192.3.106.144, port 36241, Saturday, October 03,2015 05:10:56
[DoS Attack: TCP/UDP Chargen] from source: 188.166.19.128, port 51024, Saturday, October 03,2015 02:47:43
[DoS Attack: RST Scan] from source: 5.196.189.120, port 123, Saturday, October 03,2015 00:58:20
[DoS Attack: TCP/UDP Chargen] from source: 74.82.47.9, port 53757, Saturday, October 03,2015 00:36:45
[DoS Attack: TCP/UDP Chargen] from source: 185.94.111.1, port 36429, Friday, October 02,2015 22:45:17
[DoS Attack: TCP/UDP Chargen] from source: 195.62.53.231, port 39463, Friday, October 02,2015 19:02:34
[DoS Attack: RST Scan] from source: 65.55.113.7, port 80, Friday, October 02,2015 16:45:36

SHF

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Francis Swygert" <farna at att.net>
To: <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Sent: Saturday, October 03, 2015 6:13 AM
Subject: Re: [Coco] VCC Color Computer 3 Emulator v2.0.1 - Public Release (finally!)


> Date: Fri, 2 Oct 2015 08:37:41 -0400
> From: Barry Nelson <barry.nelson at amobiledevice.com>
> 
> Windows XP is no longer supported by Microsoft and is no longer updated with security fixes. I would not suggested running anything on an XP system that is connected to the internet at this point as it will probably quickly get infected by malware. I would suggest upgrading to at least Vista or Windows 7. If you must run XP, either isolate it from the internet, or run it under emulation, or both. Otherwise, well, good luck with the viruses you will most likely collect. Or…
> Run Linux.==================================================I have XP on one of my computers -- attached to the internet. Running AVG anti-virus. No problems with ma-ware or anything else. While MS doesn't support XP any more, it's also falling in use and becoming less of a target. It's no more vulnerable than it was when MS was supporting it, and probably won't be anymore vulnerable as use falls off. A lot of businesses still use it, and have been reluctant to change, but they will have to soon... making it even less of a choice target. Sounds like Microsoft hype to encourage upgrades. Common sense should prevail! I'm not the only one I know still using XP some who hasn't had any increase in issues with mal-ware or viruses. 
> Frank Swygert