On Thursday 02 December 2004 04:38 am, Bryan Phinney wrote: > On Wednesday 01 December 2004 21:24, JoeHill wrote: > > On Wed, 1 Dec 2004 20:10:11 -0500 > > > > Bryan Phinney disseminated the following: > > > 2 weeks before the machine gets compromised. > > > > ...I must say though (not bragging, by any stretch), that I do have a > > Windows XP box running on my LAN, default install, *no Service Packs > > installed*, just running AVG, and it's never been in any way compromised, > > not even with spyware. I can only assume that my beloved BBIAgent > > firewall has been very effective, and I can't say enough nice things > > about AVG. > > > > It's just too bad that people even have to worry about it, considering > > the far superior alternatives. I certainly would never even consider > > exposing that XP machine as a server of any kind. > > I wouldn't say it was impossible to keep a Windows machine secure. Behind > a good firewall and then disconnect the keyboard, remove the CDROM and > Floppy and allow no software to be installed and use no software on the > machine and you can probably set a record for NOT getting pwned, at least > on a Win machine. > > Now, if you actually use the machine, I would make no bets at all. Just leaving it unplugged works too ;-)
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