> > 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.
I recently did a fresh install of xp (slipstreamed with SP1) on a machine for a client (like some of the other posters, I love M$ because I make a lot of money fixing spyware / virii / etc. infected machines). I am on dial up at home, and I _forgot_ to turn on the xp firewall before connecting. I was literally infected with sasser < 10 seconds after connection. I suppose it was my own fault, but it does go to show the level of vulnerability in a windows xp box. You really can't even patch them without getting infected first, unless you are carefully firewalled. Jeff
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