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Ernie B.
BT/DT.
Pinging all the experts here -->Zone Alarm anti-spyware just found 2 trojans that Avast/Ad-Aware/Spy
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Dustin
I don't use much of a hosts file, don't have adware/spybot/spyware
blaster running... Java is updated...
, and I am still running xp-sp1,the benefits of sp2 weren't worth it to me.
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Dustin
Author of BugHunter - MalWare Removal Tool
Current Version: 1.9.1 Released July 28th, 2006
Last Pattern Update: August 2nd, 2006
http://bughunter.it-mate.co.uk
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Virus Guy
Dustin said:
Why not? It's free, and so are:
don't have adware/spybot/spyware blaster running...
Java is updated...
and have you uninstalled all older versions of Java?
Benefits like not being prone to network hacking?
If you don't have a NAT router, and if you haven't fixed any of the
following vulnerabilities, then your system is just what hackers and
bot-owners are looking for.
See here for the network vulnerabilities of SP1:
http://www.geocities.com/mvea/WXP_sp1.htm
Specifically these:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms04-022.mspx
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS03-039.mspx
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms04-011.mspx
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms03-043.mspx
How can you use the MS Update web site (and retrive updates) when you
haven't first updated your system to SP-2? Doesn't the update web
site more or less force you to get SP-2 before letting you do anything
else?
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Art
Why not? Because I've never found any benefit from fooling
around with it .... just like I find no benefit from dozens of other
things that IE users bury themselves in.
Art
http://home.epix.net/~artnpeg
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bughunter.dustin
Virus said:
Don't really need one? I rarely surf with IE...
My system never had older versions...
I'm behind a linksys NAT router, good luck with the network hacking,
chum.
All ports except for one are not forwarded, uPNP is disabled, remote
access is entirely disabled. Machines inside the lan communicate via
IPSEC to each other.
Because the site doesn't force me to use sp-2 yet, not until October.
I really don't need every single update under the sun. I do practice
safe hex, so I'm not concerned because of some new 0day exploit for IE
or ms office package, or a windows media player issue.
The real concerns I have with are the partially open max amount of
sockets; sp2 limits this to 10, this would seriously crampin my
torrenting.
Other concerns are running older software... which sp2 doesn't do well
with.
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bettersurfing
Virus Guy said:
I use them all, and I don't have Sun Java loaded.
Actually, since I reinstalled my OS and have been keeping up to date with
the HOSTS files, I can't remember getting more than one or two trojans (and
one was the ZA one which may have been a false positive).
Look, when it's late at night, where do you think most straight guys are
surfing? Fortunately, Siteadvisor has been a great help for guys who have
a taste for the finer things in porn.
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bettersurfing
(e-mail address removed) wrote in @m73g2000cwd.googlegroups.com:
You must have some exciting hard drive! Even the files on your hard drive
are getting lonely and singing the blues!
Get with the program! Tune out to PG websites, turn on to hot babes, and
drop out of the lonely monogamous existence! Ride the wild surf, baby!
Where's that Jan and Dean song?!
You must have some exciting hard drive! Even the files on your hard drive
are getting lonely and singing the blues!
Get with the program! Tune out to PG websites, turn on to hot babes, and
drop out of the lonely monogamous existence! Ride the wild surf, baby!
Where's that Jan and Dean song?!
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Dustin
They aren't lonely...
I keep this broadband connection very busy...
--
Dustin Cook
Author of BugHunter - MalWare Removal Tool
Current Version: 1.9.1 Released July 28th, 2006
Last Pattern Update: August 8th, 2006
http://bughunter.it-mate.co.uk