Re: Protecting Home Machines

From: Burak Bilen (bilen_at_metu.edu.tr)
Date: 11/21/03

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To: "Cherian M. Palayoor" <cpalayoor@cwalkergroup.com>

     did you patch your machine. try http://www.windowsupdate.com

    Cherian M. Palayoor wrote:

    >I have a remote user whose laptop was severely infected by the trojans
    >MSBLAST & WiNSHOW.A.
    >
    >I reinstalled the OS on the machine following a complete reformat, and
    >installed an anti-virus with the latest update. I ran a complete scan on the
    >machine prior to shipping the machine back to the user.
    >
    >However as soon as the user took back the machine home, he was infected by
    >another worm (NACHI.A) within a few minutes of connecting to the internet
    >through his high speed cable modem. He swears that he had not downloaded
    >anything nor tried any removable media on this machine.
    >
    >Following a bit of research on the matter, I am now aware that it is possible
    >for machines to get infected on the fly especially through unprotected home
    >internet connections.
    >
    >The question is, "What do I do to prevent such occurrences which have
    >increased of late."
    >
    >My thanks in advance for any thoughts or words of advise.
    >
    >
    >CP
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