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From my experience
of fixing these problems for clients here's a typical example.

Granny user A has been using dial up forever. Basically all she does is email and a little bit of surfing. Someone mentions to her that she can get DSL for $14.95 a month which is faster and cheaper than her dial up account costs her so she goes for it. Her "SP1 with no updates ever applied" machine is now online 24/7. Of course her DSL comes with only a modem so she has no firewall. Her anti-virus software, if she has any at all, has been expired since 2001.

She's infected within minutes of connecting to her fancy new DSL modem.

She wonders why her computer is getting slower and slower even though she has a new "fast" internet connection. She also wonders why she sees naked people popping up all of the time when she's trying to visit www.quiltingweekly.com.

This is a very common scenario.
Posted by: Furiousrog   Posted on: 11/30/06 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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Zombie tool makes use of Windows, antivirus flaws  Loverock Davidson | 11/29/06
Not so fast.  andrej770 | 11/29/06
RE: Not so fast.  Badgered | 11/30/06
Human nature?  Laff | 11/30/06
RE: Human nature?  Badgered | 11/30/06
He should have said "I'd be willing to be your life..."  Laff | 12/01/06
When I had my business  Linux User 147560 | 11/30/06
I personally just fixed a machine...  Sysop1984 | 12/04/06
I have to agree with 'andre' . . .  999ad@... | 11/30/06
No kidding  majoritywhip | 11/29/06
I agree with you..  RicD_ | 11/29/06
RicD_  Linux User 147560 | 11/30/06
There's a difference  notsofast | 11/30/06
From my experience  Furiousrog | 11/30/06
Furiousrog you're absolutely correct!  RicD_ | 12/01/06
and a mechanic weighs in...  ElCuervo | 12/04/06
Re: No Kidding  barrywms | 12/05/06
Zombie tool...  rondev | 11/29/06
Wait a second...  tic swayback | 11/30/06
Zombie tool makes use of Windows, antivirus flaws  tic swayback | 11/30/06
lol  Badgered | 11/30/06
Not true....  Laff | 11/30/06
then we are back to the old argument  Badgered | 11/30/06
XP is still not safe off the internet  ralphrides | 11/30/06
Well, I guess  Badgered | 11/30/06
The REAL question in the end is....  Laff | 12/01/06
re: The REAL question in the end is....  Badgered | 12/01/06
Sabotaging Windows  NonZealot | 11/30/06
Darned third parties  tic swayback | 11/30/06
Ha ha that was so tong in cheek  ralphrides | 11/30/06
Let me guess...  NonZealot | 11/30/06
I think its you that needs XP training  ralphrides | 11/30/06
Poor ralph...  NonZealot | 11/30/06
iAdware  deramin@... | 12/01/06
And the mouse is artistic...  Anton Philidor | 11/30/06
So true  tic swayback | 11/30/06
Proof you're a windows Zealot  Rick_K | 12/01/06
Change Windows to Bots R Us  Chad_z | 11/30/06
Of course, Apple just issued 31 patches  kiddpeat | 12/01/06
Flawed logic  KonradK | 12/04/06
Half correct  crayolakidd | 12/06/06
I agree.... patches avail doesnt mean all is OK  redtrain65 | 11/30/06
Targetting educational networks?  Anton Philidor | 11/30/06
Its the pipes  don3605 | 11/30/06
edu networks are a disaster  royalef | 11/30/06
Targetting addresses...  Anton Philidor | 11/30/06
Hmmmm  dmcewan@... | 11/30/06
You paint with a broad brush  wadde001@... | 12/05/06
Targetting the source  TonyMcS | 11/30/06
Students update? Nah!  deramin@... | 12/01/06
Ohio University has an easy fix  ejhonda | 11/30/06
So does my college...  KWierso | 12/05/06
I think you found my problem  troubled241 | 11/30/06
I need to explain why?  troubled241 | 11/30/06
You Think It's Bad Now?  Ole Man | 11/30/06
Wrong?  mbrierley | 12/01/06
Nefarious = Micosoft!?! NEVER...perish the thought:P  Laff | 12/01/06
Zombie tool, yeah, seen it, called ABMers  Boot_Agnostic | 12/01/06
So tell me again...  3D0G | 12/01/06
So what's the moral of this story  craig.carson@... | 12/04/06
funny spoolsv action  wormie55 | 12/04/06
One major security measure...  Sysop1984 | 12/04/06

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