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Post #192,875
by Andrew Grygus
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2/3/05 1:00:34 PM
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New SP2 Yes, but . . .
. . the firewall is not running and it won't start - says it can't find something - don't remember what.

I'm going to wipe Windows, install XP Home without all the trash an HP computer comes with, upgrade with their XP Pro upgrade disk, test, and if it passes, reinstall QuickBooks 2005 and Office 2003 (the only desired applications).
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Post #192,966
by drewk
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2/4/05 12:16:36 AM
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New Just spent a second night with an HP XP box
The one last night was painful: 1.1G 128M AOL dial-up ... sloooooowwwwww. The one tonight was at least newer: 3G 512M DSL. Followed the advice from the [link|http://twiki.iwethey.org/Know/WinXPLockdown|twiki]. Will see if the first one recovers, and the second one stays clean.


Funny thing tonight, the guy is an accountant. After the AV stuff I installed Firefox and the tabbrowser extension. Showed him how it works. Showed how it deals with popups. He told me that at work -- an accounting firm -- he keeps getting popups for online poker, even when he's not using IE for anything. Two "IT guys" have looked at it without luck. I suspect this is typical of small businesses.
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Post #193,041
by Andrew Grygus
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2/4/05 12:57:59 PM
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New Not typical - universal.
If there's an Internet connection the computers are ifected with parasites.

There's big money and venture capitalists behind this stuff now, so I'm telling my clients that if the current trend continues it will be impossible to use a Windows computer on the Internet by the end of the year. So far they give me blank looks and none are asking about contingency plans.
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Post #193,057
by Another Scott
2/4/05 2:31:31 PM
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New Is a $50 hardware firewall good enough to stop this? (new thread)
Created as new thread #193056 titled [link|/forums/render/content/show?contentid=193056|Is a $50 hardware firewall good enough to stop this?]
     Windows XP Pro doesn't answer pings even - (Andrew Grygus) - (20) - Feb. 2, 2005, 04:08:20 PM EST
         Have you tried the arp trick? - (jake123) - Feb. 2, 2005, 07:08:46 PM EST
         Post output of "ipconfig /all" -NT - (inthane-chan) - (8) - Feb. 2, 2005, 07:29:08 PM EST
             Don't have that in front of me now, but . . . . - (Andrew Grygus) - (7) - Feb. 2, 2005, 10:04:48 PM EST
                 Just tried - (jbrabeck) - Feb. 2, 2005, 10:32:35 PM EST
                 Speaking of Norton crap - (drewk) - (1) - Feb. 3, 2005, 12:17:35 AM EST
                     Well, Norton will make it slow right there . . - (Andrew Grygus) - Feb. 3, 2005, 01:16:52 AM EST
                 Here's a little problem - (Steve Lowe) - (2) - Feb. 3, 2005, 01:36:50 AM EST
                     They don't "wrap around" (so 322 would be = 67) ? -NT - (CRConrad) - Feb. 3, 2005, 02:14:34 AM EST
                     Ooops, type - is .122 - but that part works. -NT - (Andrew Grygus) - Feb. 3, 2005, 06:27:57 AM EST
                 You've probably got the long and the short of it. - (inthane-chan) - Feb. 3, 2005, 10:45:05 AM EST
         SP2? - (andread) - (9) - Feb. 3, 2005, 11:57:55 AM EST
             He specifically stated firewall is disabled. <EOM> -NT - (inthane-chan) - (4) - Feb. 3, 2005, 12:59:04 PM EST
                 Re: He specifically stated firewall is disabled. <EOM> - (andread) - (3) - Feb. 3, 2005, 04:33:57 PM EST
                     Nope. - (pwhysall) - Feb. 3, 2005, 04:35:44 PM EST
                     Well, it claims it isn't running and can't start. - (Andrew Grygus) - (1) - Feb. 3, 2005, 05:05:34 PM EST
                         No vpn running? - (Silverlock) - Feb. 4, 2005, 08:30:25 AM EST
             SP2 Yes, but . . . - (Andrew Grygus) - (3) - Feb. 3, 2005, 01:00:34 PM EST
                 Just spent a second night with an HP XP box - (drewk) - (2) - Feb. 4, 2005, 12:16:36 AM EST
                     Not typical - universal. - (Andrew Grygus) - (1) - Feb. 4, 2005, 12:57:59 PM EST
                         Is a $50 hardware firewall good enough to stop this? (new thread) - (Another Scott) - Feb. 4, 2005, 02:31:31 PM EST

Possibly.
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