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Originally Posted by Anonymouse
Oh, please, they all say that. If you have a firewall up and running and you're not using an admin account, then a remote attacker can't control your system. Microsoft still assumes users are thick and clueless; such attitudes annoy me. Some of the security updates have been known to break Windows installations. One user on Windows Annoyances hasn't updated his XP setup in five years, and his PC has never been remotely controlled, so there you go!
I'd like to see anyone try it with my laptop; according to ShieldsUP! it's effectively invisible on the Internet and scored a perfect rating - probably because I use a router. So come on, would-be crackers: bring it! 
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I rarely update my XP Pro SP2
I'm not saying don't update Windows but here's a for instance why it need not be done the day a patch is released.
My work requires me to run both Internet Explorer 6 and 7 (personally I wouldn't surf with either of these virus magnets, prefering Firefox or Opera)
Both Microsoft browsers run side by side on my system
The only reason they do is because I didn't install a security update for Windows Media Player (I only use Media Player Classic) in November 2005 which also removed XP's ie6/ie7 compatibility mode (probably to insure that the new browser was taken up by Joe public warts and all) and I've never installed any security updates for ie7 either.
Before downloading any update it's a good idea to search Google for the KB number followed by the word "problem" (some updates do not like certain chipsets) and always create your own restore point before installing one.
I use a heavily configured ZoneAlarm Pro version 4.5.594.000 - the last good one before all the bells and whistles.
Just my 2p
