Re: Windoz XP as a telnet server

From: A. Kong (ahwkong2000-at-anti-spam-yahoo.com)
Date: 01/21/04 

Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2004 21:15:12 +1100

Bryan,

Windows affects other computer without you knowing. If you have worked
in a ISP or know someone in this industry, you can have first hand
experience about this: a worm affects one Win machine, then do a
scanning on the internet for other win machine, and thus generate a lot
of useless traffic. And win updates do not help a lot, because they
patched holes after holes were discovered.

But of course, blind optimism is a way to true (computing) happiness.

Regards,
AK

Bryan Martin wrote:
[snip]

> Your statement "Out of the box, Windows does nothing except infect other
> machines around it" is complete b.s. Funny that I have 2 XP boxes and 4
> win2k boxes running right now that no one touches but me and guess
> what.... None of these have been infected to this day with any virus. I do
> get my updates regularly and understand what files can contain viruses
> before opening them in a email from someone whom I have never corresponded
> with. Prior to filtering, I did however on a regular bases have to clean
> viruses off our network because someone thought snowwhite and the seven
> dumbasses had something to do with work.
>