Infected In Twenty Minutes

Infected In Twenty Minutes
Scott Granneman, 2004-08-19

What normally happens within twenty minutes? That's how long your average unprotected PC running Windows XP, fresh out of the box, will last once it's connected to the Internet.

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Jake Schwartz

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ultravioletu

Wrong approach. 2004-08-20
Noam Eppel

Wrong approach. 2004-08-20
Noam Eppel (2 replies)

RE: Wrong approach. 2004-08-24
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RE: RE: Wrong approach. 2004-08-30
Jordan

Wrong approach. 2004-08-25
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an analogy 2004-08-21
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Let's get the analogies straight ..... 2004-08-25
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NT4.0 Unpatched... Overnight... No infections. 2004-08-23
Anonymous (1 replies)

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I'm Rick James b****

A cheap Linksys/Netgear NAT router would be a suggestion (to "hide behind") for cablemodem users. That would prevent a lot of scanning activity from hitting the PC - well worth the minimal $$ (plus they can get wireless access for yon laptop). But for poor dialup folks... the firewall is the only option.

Uh... Yeah, except if you've only got a single PC at home, your NAT router would be litterally useless since you're only doing one-to-one NATting.

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