On Sun, 2007-12-30 at 08:03 +0800, Ed Greshko wrote: > It was more than a year ago when I attempted to install a Windows 2000 > system directly connected to the internet. In fact, before the system > was fully updated with security patches it had been compromised. I > didn't time it, but it certainly was less than 30 minutes. That happened to a friend of mine. It was something like four seconds after connecting to his ISP he got infected, despite my warnings about putting a firewall on first. He didn't think he'd need it, he had anti-virus software installed, and thought nothing could happen that quickly, despite my assurances to the contrary. To make matters worse, he couldn't remove the infection - his anti-virus software didn't stop the infection, and wouldn't remove it. So he reformatted and re-installed. An hour or so later he reconnected, and got infected just the same way, and in just a few seconds, and couldn't undo the damage (the virus was better at protecting itself than Windows was). I nearly fell off the chair laughing at him. -- [tim@bigblack ~]$ uname -ipr 2.6.23.1-10.fc7 i686 i386 Using FC 4, 5, 6 & 7, plus CentOS 5. Today, it's FC7. Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored. I read messages from the public lists.
