Re: Unpatched Windows Vunerabilities
From: Bill Unruh (unruh_at_string.physics.ubc.ca)
Date: 07/01/04
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Date: Thu, 1 Jul 2004 18:56:32 +0000 (UTC)
patkay_156@yahoo.co.uk (Pat) writes:
]Hi,
]Hypothetically, if I am using an unpatched Windows XP computer behind
]a router/firewall. I do not use Internet Explorer or Outlook Express
]and I disable messenger. Are there any viruses/worms out there that
]could infect me? (assuming I don't do anything really stupid like
]clicking on .exe/.com/.pif/.scr attachments)
Yes.
If you are connected to the internet, you could be comprimised. We have no
idea about your firewall or what it lets through in either direction, not
how vulnerable it is. email viruses still exist even on other readers. etc.
Your question is like someone in Medieaval times saying
I have a moat and a drawbridge, but no walls to my castle. Could I be
attacked?
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