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posted by martyb on Saturday August 08 2015, @06:35AM   Printer-friendly
from the now-THAT-is-what-I-call-a-DDoS! dept.

The problem is affecting domain-attached Windows 7 PCs not signed up to Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) for patches and updates, but looking for a Microsoft update instead.

The upshot is PCs, ranging from 10s to hundreds at a time, simultaneously chowing down on the 3GB-plus Windows 10 load, killing business networks.

[...] And it’s all happening despite Microsoft promising – here – that it wouldn’t.

[...] Users have logged urgent enquiries with Microsoft’s helpdesk but in the meantime have resorted to triage to stop the problem.

That means blocking traffic at the firewall stage that would normally have gone to Microsoft Update. Another option is to switch settings to the WSUS server.

Any Soylentils run into this problem? What have you done to cope with it?


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  • (Score: 3, Informative) by acharax on Saturday August 08 2015, @12:35PM

    by acharax (4264) on Saturday August 08 2015, @12:35PM (#219853)

    It's KB3035583 unless there're multiple versions of it out there.

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  • (Score: 2) by inertnet on Saturday August 08 2015, @10:05PM

    by inertnet (4071) on Saturday August 08 2015, @10:05PM (#220014) Journal

    Thanks. I'm sticking with W7 for now but it's probably going to be my last Windows version ever. I'll have to switch to Linux eventually, not looking forward to that at my age but I'll definitely not allow Microsoft to drag me onto that happy shiny transpicuous social media cloud.

    • (Score: 2) by mhajicek on Sunday August 09 2015, @04:42AM

      by mhajicek (51) on Sunday August 09 2015, @04:42AM (#220142)

      I just grabbed a copy of Xubuntu. I plan to set up dual boot and force myself to learn it.

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