Re: win2000 hacked.

From: Steven L Umbach (n9rou@attbi.com)
Date: 02/26/03 

From: "Steven L Umbach" <n9rou@attbi.com>
Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2003 00:50:16 GMT

Keep your Norton up to date and schedule frequent scans - be sure all email
is scanned before opening. Someone with physical access could have put it on
your computer - keep your computer secure as possible. If possible lock the
case, password protect cmos, configure computer to boot from hard drive
first. . Disable your uneeded services. Check Windows update often to make
sure all security updates are applied. Use a hard to guess password and
change it once in a while. What I do to further secure Internet access is
this. I set the Internet security zone to the same settings as restricted
sites. Then I manually add the sites I do not want restricted to my trusted
sites. --- Steve

http://www.labmice.net/articles/securingwin2000.htm

"Kevin" <nospam@msu.com> wrote in message
news:uWlbUVQ3CHA.2288@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> I have windows200 professional.
> I'm using DHCP to get IP adddress and have Zone Alarm pro.
> I'm not sharing anything from that machine.
> I have a Norton Antivirus coperate edition installed.
> All the service pack and update was up to date.
>
> However, I found that someone put reidenFTP server and uses it.
> Zone Alarm pro was configured in a way that ask for any new internet
> activity.
>
> what can I do?
>
>

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