James Button typed the following on 7/11/2006 12:50 PM:
You should also consider that if the PC is connected to any
external agency (as in browsing the www, or getting e-mail via
an ISP) then you are effectively connected to a network, -
either acting as part of a 'LAN' if using broadband, or simply
as part of a WAN if using an (old-style) modem.
I've actually had systems infected via a broadband link while
connecting to complete an XP installation, and get the
requisite security fixes. Now when installing windows, I
connect the router/broadband 'modem' to a PC, but pull the
external connection from that so the install sees the PC has a
LAN connection, but cannot be got-at via that connection until
I've installed the AV, and ensured the firewall activated.
So what good did having a Windows logon password do you?
--
Pete Holsberg
Columbus, NJ
"If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot
save the few who are rich."
-- John F. Kennedy
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