Marztabator Posted October 7, 2003 Share Posted October 7, 2003 I share a broadband connection with my sister (who has her own comp), and in the location of my sis's machine is what looks like a hardware firewall and a router. I believe this firewall device has been responsible for successfully protecting us from the Blaster worm without having to install that patch at any point. Are there any hotfixes which might not be worth installing if my firewall can usually protect us from any dodgy bits? The IE Cumulative patch, for example? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edg21 Posted October 7, 2003 Share Posted October 7, 2003 IE culmulative patch patches browser vulnerabilities which you are still vulnerable to. Yes, it would be a good idea to update windows. No, you do not HAVE to update anything, but you're just asking for it if you don't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b0r3d Posted October 7, 2003 Share Posted October 7, 2003 Agreed. Although the windows updates arent necessary, they are highly recommended. If you only want to install vital updates, then just install microsofts critical updates, and leave out the optional ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marztabator Posted October 8, 2003 Author Share Posted October 8, 2003 Thought I'd ask - will installing lots of hotfixes slow down system performance in any way? I'm kinda worried that having too much things installed on the system may make things slower. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaron Posted October 8, 2003 Share Posted October 8, 2003 Not at all, only file replacements are being done by hotfixes, not file additions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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