SP2 has continually shutdown my printer which I use a lot and so I removed it. However, there is a fix for the printer now so I will around to reinstalling. Linz
On Wed, 2005-02-09 at 08:04 +1300, Steve Brorens wrote: > No. > > I'd say that without SP2 your XP box will be probably infested with > spyware which looks like you're 'being attacked', but none of that > generally goes looking to spread like a virus or worm to other machines > on the network. > > Any windows worms you've got will try to spread - but can't bother a > Linux box. (the absolute worst you're likely to see is if you had > something like Blaster hammering away trying to infect things - and > you'd probably never even notice that). > > - steve > > Unless you have a good reason not to I'd put SP2 and Microsoft's new > anti-spyware tool (turn on RealTime Protection and set the Autoupdater > time to a reasonable value) onto any XP boxes - and visit > windowsupdate.microsoft.com this time each month (there's a stack of > critical updates released today) > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Lindsay [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, 8 February 2005 9:33 p.m. > To: CLUG > Subject: Re: Linux security - newbie > > > My Linux box is on a home network that has two windows boxes on it. Is > this going to make it a greater secuirty risk for me (one of the Windows > boxes, without SP2 on it, has been under a barrage of attackes recently. > The other with SP2 installed has been safe.) > > On Tue, 2005-02-08 at 12:28 +1300, Michael JasonSmith wrote: > > On Mon, 2005-02-07 at 20:17 +1300, Lindsay wrote: > > > I have been of the understanding that Linux is relatively virus and > > > intruder safe. How accurate is my understanding of this? > > Others have nicely answered the question. However, be aware that any > > user on your system can still easily take down the entire machine > > under most setups. For a home box this is not much of a problem, but > > it can be an issue on bigger systems. > > > > ========================================================= > > > This e-mail has been scanned for Viruses and Content and cleared by CommArc > Cube Server > >
