Re: New Microsoft Security scare?

sam1967_at_hetnet.nl
Date: 02/13/04 

Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2004 11:43:51 +0000

On Fri, 13 Feb 2004 11:24:06 GMT, David Postill <david@postill.org.uk>
wrote:

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>In article <h87l20ppcesvjeoa7aa9l81p86m9ec4g22@4ax.com>, on Wed, 11 Feb 2004 21:27:56 +0000,
>"sam1967@hetnet.nl"
><sam1967@hetnet.nl> wrote:
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>| On Wed, 11 Feb 2004 21:02:41 GMT, Leythos <void@nowhere.com> wrote:
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><snip>
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>| FYI I am MCSE in win2k and NT 4.
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><snip>
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>| I connected a WinXP (cursed sw) box to the internet for a friend and
>| within 5 minutes it was BLASTERed. i wiped it and put on Windows 98.
>
>I am not an MCSE (I have 20 years experience of using PCs instead - all flavours
>of MS operating systems from Windows 3.0 IIRC onwards).
>
>Before connecting an XP box to the internet you should have
>
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i wasnt the one who was going to use it.
the user was incapable of operating a firewall and the chances of her
keeping her AV dats up to date were practically nil.
in the circumstances I made the wisest choice : give her windows 98 SE
+ AVG and set it to update automatically.
if i had installed a FW she would have been on the phone every 5
minutes pestering me abou this message and the next.
I know enough about XP to avoid it like the plague and refuse to run
it here or install it for anyone. I will NEVER use it.

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