Cable Forum - View Single Post - Warning unpatched PCs compromised in 20 minutes

Alan Waddington · 19-08-2004, 10:59

This is why a router is such a great idea. It features Network Address Translation which acts like a hardware firewall & keeps out viruses which spread via Microsoft networking. If you don't have one then remove 'File & Printer Sharing' from your network connections before connecting the computer to the net. Enabling the Firewall in XP is also a good thing. In either case, the first thing to do on connecting is to head over to windows update & download all those security patches. Bring a book to read while you're waiting.

19-08-2004, 10:59	#3
Alan Waddington Inactive Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Farnham Posts: 503	Re: Warning unpatched PCs compromised in 20 This is why a router is such a great idea. It features Network Address Translation which acts like a hardware firewall & keeps out viruses which spread via Microsoft networking. If you don't have one then remove 'File & Printer Sharing' from your network connections before connecting the computer to the net. Enabling the Firewall in XP is also a good thing. In either case, the first thing to do on connecting is to head over to windows update & download all those security patches. Bring a book to read while you're waiting.