[August 19, 2005] Windows IT Pro Editor Paul Thurrott Takes on Microsoft's Handling of Zotob Worm Attack; Expert Insight Generates Explosive Interest from Users Tweet LOVELAND, Colo. --(Business Wire)-- Aug. 19, 2005 -- Paul Thurrott, news editor of Windows IT Pro and an IT expert on Microsoft Windows, published an article Wednesday in response to the Zotob worm that struck Windows 2000 computers and caused untold grief for CNN, ABC and numerous other media and high-profile enterprises earlier this week. The article, entitled "Microsoft: Worm Attack is Your Fault," gives a well-informed critique of Microsoft's response to the attack and reports that there are at least six separate worms that exploit Microsoft's recently revealed flaws in various versions of its Windows operating systems. Thurrott criticizes Microsoft's low rating of the severity of this exploit and the software company's comments that the attack affects "only" Windows 2000 machines. He emphasizes that "roughly half of all Windows installs in corporations are Windows 2000" and questions Microsoft's attitude towards its customers. The Web site where the article is posted has been getting an extraordinary amount of traffic and numerous comments on the article as a result of the insights and critiques in the article. To read the article, go to: http://www.windowsitpro.com/Windows/Article/ArticleID/47449/Windows_ 47449.html. (Due to its length, this URL may need to be copied/pasted into your Internet browser's address field. Remove the extra space if one exists.) Paul Thurrott is well known as a Microsoft expert and pundit and can be reached at: [email protected] for questions and comments. About the Windows IT Pro Group Penton's Windows IT Pro Group, the largest independent Windows IT community in the world, includes flagship print publication Windows IT Pro, three monthly paid subscription print newsletters, 12 direct-request email newsletters, and a Web site resource for more than 2.5 million IT professionals each month. First published in 1995, Windows IT Pro is the editorial leader in its field and has a paid subscription base of 105,000. The magazine is published in 13 languages and has an international reach into 160 countries. Windows IT Pro UPDATE, the Group's flagship email newsletter, is the only e-newsletter to make BtoB Magazine's Media Power 50 list. The Group also includes SQL Server Magazine, with 30,000 paid subscribers and two email newsletters sent to more than 130,000 opt-in subscribers. The two publications' Web sites generate more than nine million page impressions. Their email newsletters have more than one million opt-in subscribers. The Windows IT Pro Group is the world's leading producer of custom roadshows, paid conferences and paid workshops for Windows and SQL Server IT professionals. More information is at www.windowsitpro.com/pressroom/. [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]