Re: A Mailicious looking hack

From: Chuck (cacrollthespam_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 10/29/03 

Date: 29 Oct 2003 13:37:04 -0600

On Wed, 29 Oct 2003 17:56:18 GMT, David Postill <david@postill.org.uk>
wrote:

>Your best option at this point is a clean install from known good media
>(your original windows NT CD). While doing so make sure you are not connected
>to the internet.
>
>Before connecting to the internet install firewall and virus checkers also
>from known good media (a good idea might be to get someone who has a secure
>system to download them and burn them to CD for you, along with all updates,
>particularly for the virus checker).

Or get a NAT router, and install the updates on your computer safely
and quickly, while connected.

A NAT router, software firewall, and properly updated OS /
applications are all part of a layered defense. None of them is
unnecessary, and all are affordable.

Chuck
I hate spam - PLEASE get rid of the spam before emailing me!
Paranoia comes from experience - and is not necessarily a bad thing.

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