But Microsoft is hardly alone in sending out vulnerable code; the usual remedy of security software is firewalls, which check incoming messages for viruses, worms and other havoc-raisers.
"The 15-30 minute break is the ideal opportunity to tidy up your desk, take a trip to the coffee machine, listen to voice mail, check incoming emails, or simply rest and do breathing exercises or take a quick walk," he wrote in a research paper about his technique.
The U.S. government responded this month to the Boston bombings with increased security checks for incoming foreign students, including allowing officers access to a database with information on students' visas and school enrollment status.
The lawyer for the city, Mark Zuckerman, observed that there was a security booth nearby to check incoming cars.
While I was checking incoming tweets from news channels documenting the escalating violence outside, UK Uncut members were busy holding a meeting around the three-storey spiral staircase.
A packet classification task incorporated in network firewalls to recognize and sift threats or unauthorized network accesses is accomplished by checking incoming packet headers against a pre-defined filter set.
Checking incoming e-mail against the DNS would help eliminate certain types of falsified e-mails, like "phishing" attacks in which someone sends an e-mail purporting to be from a bank or credit card company but is intended to trick the receiver into revealing private information like a credit card number.
If pump still won't catch prime after 5 or so attempts, check incoming pipes for air leaks.
Some items to consider include: Decent binoculars - for checking out incoming aircraft angles, for noting registration numbers, marks and details, for outdoing your mate at seeing things first, good binoculars are a must.
I can't check the time, incoming messages or SnapChat.
Lula protested this indignity at a bilateral meeting with Mr Bush, and his country has retaliated by imposing extra security checks on incoming Americans (to the chagrin of many in Brazil's own tourist industry).
