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Jools
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An unprotected Windows XP machine was breached within four minutes, and became a zombie in less than ten hours, tests conducted by USA Today show. The paper set up six honeypot PCs and monitored the results.
An XP PC running SP1 was breached by an intruder through a hole that the Sasser worm used, only four minutes into the test. Within fifteen minutes two intrusions took place, one using the MS Blaster hole. Within ten hours hackers had established an irc channel and the machine was broadcasting its vulnerabilities to the world at large. A Windows Small Business Server was similarly compromised, with the intruder uploading a program which gave full control of the machine.
While the XP SP1 machine averaged 341 attacks per hour, the number dropped to just 3.4 per hour for a machine running Service Pack 2. SP2 ships with the built-in Windows firewall turned on by default. A Linux box averaged 1.9 attacks per hour.
The paper stresses that the results don't account for the most common forms of compromise which require user intervention, such as malware and spyware programs activated by email and a web browser.
Unprotected PCs can be hijacked in minutes - USA Today
"While attempted break-ins never ceased, successful compromises were limited to nine instances on the minimally protected Windows XP computer and a single break-in of the Windows Small Business Server. There were no successful compromises of the Macintosh, the Linspire or the two Windows XPs using firewalls. "
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axxxr
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SCARY!!! 
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wapchimp
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Thats y i have a router and firewall!
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Davo_169
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im screwed then because we have got XP sp1 and with no antivirus software
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fetzi
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guess we should then hang a black death pest-bell round your neck 
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Davo_169
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yeesss hhmmm whatever that is
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fetzi
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People in the dark ages suffering pestilence (black death)
were obliged to carry a small bell and to ring it everytime someone came closer - ancient epidemic prevention..
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nickorooster
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Ah, why dont you have SP 2?
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kimcheeboi
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hehe i hope they have fun hacking into my pc 
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blayv
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I prefer using sp1+zone alarm+spybot+norton them letting sp2 full control of my pc. I dislike windowses, and would use linux if I could play diablo2 and heroes3 that way.
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blackspot
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Macintosh rules!
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govigov
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I have sp1 and have turned on the firewall. Without fire wall i was a sitting duck. Now it is ok and malicious activities and small time hijack's have minimised. There was a time when my pc would not disconnect its internet connection and only way to do it was unplugging or turning off.
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lor
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Yep, the xp sp1 firewall is pretty good  |
kimcheeboi
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i thought govigov was a computer expert... 
Think he does the security over at the White House
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Davo_169
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i dont see whats so special about my computer. theres 3 games, an oil spill and a flock of seagulls, thats about it.
so they can hack it but im sur there are better things to hack than my computer.
**note** what movie did i quote during that post?
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Posted: 2004-12-01 11:32
