 stupergeniusStop Drinking That Whiskey.
join:2002-01-20
Columbus, OH | Well this sucks. I just finished building my PC this weekend and haven't had time to set up my firewall or anything yet and guess what happened today, a friggan virus, oh that's just great  . |
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stupergeniusStop Drinking That Whiskey.
join:2002-01-20
Columbus, OH | reply to stupergenius
Hello scsiguru, yes actually I go to school there .
I've already installed the Sygate Firewall and it is up and running, I posted the other message on my old computer while I was researching the best way to rid myself of the worm, thanks for all the help guys. |
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 FLea973Premium
join:2001-02-27
Morristown, NJ | reply to stupergenius
said by stupergenius:
I just finished building my PC this weekend and haven't had time to set up my firewall or anything yet and guess what happened today, a friggan virus, oh that's just great .
I know it a pain in the butt.. but lesson learned... install OS/Drivers/firewall while unplugged from the net.. plug in and then update everything - an unpatched OS or firewall might be vulnerable but it will stop the the old stuff that is still out there probing away until you get everything up to date.
If its one of the new ones that can exploit your firewall/OS before (but not after) you patch, you probably would've gotten hit even if you didn't rebuild unless you save your patches to backup so you can apply them in the event of a reinstall prior to reconnecting to the inet. |
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