From: "Geo" 


"Gary Britt"  wrote in message
news:42892a6c$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> Is it having .Net itself installed that is less secure, or is it the
> programs written for .Net?

It's .NET that requires the patches, I had no programs that required .NET,
I was simply installing the framework directly from the windowsupdate site.
That change was all that was required to expose me and to require two
further trips to windowsupdate to get fully patched again.

Geo.

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