POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.off-topic : LOL^2 : Re: LOL^2 Server Time
11 Oct 2024 07:14:44 EDT (-0400)
  Re: LOL^2  
From: Gail Shaw
Date: 8 Jan 2008 10:47:02
Message: <47839af6@news.povray.org>
"Invisible" <voi### [at] devnull> wrote in message
news:4783995b$1@news.povray.org...

> My point is, that's 144 hours between the virus being released and the
> virus definition being released. An extra 24 hours before the server
> picks up the new definition seems quite trivial by conparison. The virus
> has already had plenty of time to wreck your entire network, long before
> the AV vendor has anything to offer you...

Considering how nasty some viruses can be these days, why take the risk? 24
hours could be the difference between one machine has it and the entire
network has it. And you're not necessarily going to get infected the instant
the virus comes out.

Update checks are very quick. Why not do one an hour?


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