On August 13, 2004 09:44 pm, Carroll Grigsby wrote: > On Friday 13 August 2004 11:36 pm, JoeHill wrote: > >>> snip > > > > This is my fav part: > > > > "Microsoft admits that, in some cases, malicious code could indeed switch > > the firewall off. However, this isn't so much a flaw as a limitation on > > the role firewalls should play in a company's security system, according > > to Microsoft. > > > > What??!! > > Joe: > > Any one want to get up a pool on how long it will take until the script > kiddies exploit that hole? According to an article on /. a while back, if > you connect a virgin XP install to the web using a wideband connection, the > break in attempts can start within a minute or two. Scary. Very scary. > > -- cmg
Well, a friend of mine set up her office with Win2K and it took all of 3 minutes before the first trojan slipped in. The first virus came less than a minute later from a "trusted" source. Her computer guy didn't quite know what to do and she ended up calling me. After a fair bit of messing around I got it cleaned up installed a well known windows firewall and told her to have her network guy install that, then update the virus defs immediately and then hope. Oh, and don't under any circumstances use any form of Outlook or IE. Naturally none of that was done. :-) Her computer "geek" later added two XP Pro boxes which were infected in seconds of being added to the network. As we all know...nothing is more secure than Windoze. ttfn John -- *********************************************************** Composed on a 100% Microsoft Free Computer Guaranteed Virus Free Mandrake Linux 10.0 OE Registered Linux User 362316 ***********************************************************
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