if you are concerned about the machine being attacked you need to firewall it.
you say you have a LAN. Go out and get a cheap late model 486 or early model pentium. install ipcop. don't let the nasty net get at your windows machines again. if you are concerned about spyware, take a couple of steps: 1. teach the computer users to stop clicking on weird links 2. install firefox and ban IE 3. clean it with a spyware cleaner regularly i find lavasoft's adaware good at dealing to spyware. <more radical hat on> (it is a linux list) alternative to 1,2,3, install linux. in reality is there really anything you _need_ windows for? On Wed, 09 Feb 2005 12:32:37 +1300 Lindsay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 > > > > -- Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
