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FUD = Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt

It’s great bait when you’re trolling for AdSense revenue, because everybody wants to know when the sky is falling. And Microsoft Windows is such an easy target.

Take this article for instance (recently forwarded to me by a concerned friend): Hackers Use Windows Update to Download Malicious Code

Baloney, hogwash, and balderdash.

This is 100% spreading FUD. The headline is totally misleading - hackers are most definitely NOT using Windows Update to download malicious code - and the article even says so!

BITS is an auto-resuming, auto-throttling FTP client that is used by Windows Update (and other products) to send files over your network connection in the background - so your regular browsing & email is not impacted. It’s a very cool service.

Yes, hackers can use BITS. But first the Hacker has to have control of your machine. BITS is not a way in.

If a burglar breaks into your house through a window then goes and opens the garage door to back up a truck, we’re not all going to get rid of our garage doors! We put bars on the windows, or move to another neighborhood where noone will try to break in.