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tony sayer typed on Thu, 22 Apr 2010 08:52:42 +0100:
>> I actually tried this once as a test. Installed the original Windows
>> 2000 release, no firewall, no anti-virus, nor any updates back in
>> 2002. Although I had it networked to another computer and that one
>> was setup to scan the unprotected one. And that was very
>> interesting. Two servers slipped two viruses on the computer within
>> 90 seconds and I didn't even access any of those servers. Those bots
>> finds unprotected computers really fast. Pretty clever! But not
>> clever enough to fool me. lol
>
> Was this -directly- connected to the net, or via a ADSL/Router NAT
> unit like a lot of people now use?..
Hi Tony! It was connected up by dial-up. If it had a router connected,
that never would have happened (well a correctly setup router anyway).
And the viruses were inert until the user rebooted the computer. Then
the viruses would install themselves and infect the system.
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Bill
Asus EEE PC 701G4 ~ 2GB RAM ~ 16GB-SDHC
Windows XP SP2 (quit Windows updates back in May 2009)
tony sayer typed on Thu, 22 Apr 2010 08:52:42 +0100:
>> I actually tried this once as a test. Installed the original Windows
>> 2000 release, no firewall, no anti-virus, nor any updates back in
>> 2002. Although I had it networked to another computer and that one
>> was setup to scan the unprotected one. And that was very
>> interesting. Two servers slipped two viruses on the computer within
>> 90 seconds and I didn't even access any of those servers. Those bots
>> finds unprotected computers really fast. Pretty clever! But not
>> clever enough to fool me. lol
>
> Was this -directly- connected to the net, or via a ADSL/Router NAT
> unit like a lot of people now use?..
Hi Tony! It was connected up by dial-up. If it had a router connected,
that never would have happened (well a correctly setup router anyway).
And the viruses were inert until the user rebooted the computer. Then
the viruses would install themselves and infect the system.
--
Bill
Asus EEE PC 701G4 ~ 2GB RAM ~ 16GB-SDHC
Windows XP SP2 (quit Windows updates back in May 2009)