Posted by George Hester on 09/07/05 21:24

Oops I was wondering why this post wasn't where it belonged.

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George Hester
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> On Tue, 06 Sep 2005 21:51:13 GMT, "George Hester"
> <hesterloli@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> >Almost but not quite. Installed SP2 and the new Windows Update
rigamorole |
> >Went to Help and Support. Lower right I see Under Did you know? -
> >updating... I don't usually like something that is updating without my
> >consent (Turned off all automatic upading) but so be it it is Microsoft
so
> >it cannot be all that bad, huh???
> >
> >So it updates and here is what I read, "If you want to connect to the
> >Internet now, start the New Connection Wizard and see how to establish a
Web
> >connection through an Internet Service Provider."
> >
> >Great. So I lost my Internet Connection it seems. No that was just
> >Microsoft's way of saying, "Did you know?" Trivial yes but to a new user
> >not a good idea to upset them.
>
> George... A computer should never be allowed to operate unsupervised.
> It is a sheep in the midst of wolves, a child in the company of
> devils. One must oversee the operation of their machine and *know*
> what is turned on and what isn't or be ready to re-load Windoze at any
> time. There are several "features" in the control panel under
> "Services" (see Administative Tools) that just should never be allowed
> to run until such time that a person has an actual use for them.
> Here's a short list;
> Automatic Updates, Telnet, Messenger, Netmeeting remote desktop
> sharing, GEAR Security, Indexing service, Internet connection sharing,
> Routing and remote access, RunAs Service and there are more, but these
> will get you quick if left to fend for themselves. Disable any or all
> of these and you can sleep a bit better leaving your machine running
> all night when you are not there. Never ever use Internet Explorer,
> get Netscape 7.2 (stay away from any version higher than 7.2) or,
> better yet, get any of several other browsers out there that don't
> leave tracks and don't call home under the pretense of checking for
> newer versions. Never allow automatic installation of plug-ins for
> any program. Never accept any Microsoft updates, get a good firewall
> instead... How do you know what they are putting in your machine? Get
> a program called the "eTrust Pest Patrol" and let it have a look
> around in your system to check for key loggers and other strange stuff
> that gets hooked into your system by cheap-shot software vendors or
> warez items you may get from various newsgroups. The current app
> "Adobe CS-2" that is now in alt.binaries.cd.image has a nasty key
> logger added to it. One must be deligent at protecting their computer
> or it will be up for grabs...... on the internet. One last warning...
> If you visit Astalavista.com, have *everything* automatic turned off,
> firewall tested first, and no java, no active-x.
> I like astalavista, I'm a paying member and a contributor. I have met
> some very brilliant people there, but be very careful going in there,
> it's dangerous to your system.

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