Tim wrote: > 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. As a side note, the damage was irreversible here as well. Reformat, reinstall. Interesting exercise nonetheless. I'm not sure why anyone sane person would have done it a second time. :-)
