Re: [PcTech] Recovering XP Pro after Thinkpad hard disk

["Booth Martin" <Booth@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

What does my use of a firewall have to do with msn.com and hotmail? 
 
It is my understanding that many sites with current and complete virus
protection, firewalls, policies, and locks on the doors got bit by msblast,
not just the naive and unwary.
 
 
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Booth Martin http://www.MartinVT.com
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-------Original Message-------
 
From: PC Technical Discussion for iSeries Users
Date: Thursday, August 28, 2003 9:02:24 AM
To: PC Technical Discussion for iSeries Users
Subject: Re: [PcTech] Recovering XP Pro after Thinkpad hard disk
 
Cause if you had a firewall in front of your computer, you wouldn't have
gotten the msblast virus either?
 
You can't crack a port if you can't get to it. NO ONE should have had port
135 accessible from the internet. People connected to the internet need to
run firewalls. Granted the average user doesn't know that, but we're all
tech oriented people. None of us should have been attacked successfully by
Blaster. If you did, it was because you are running in an insecure
environment, ultimately has nothing to do if you are using Windows,
Macintosh, Linux or As/400.
 
----- Original Message -----
From: "Booth Martin" <Booth@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <pctech@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2003 9:22 AM
Subject: RE: [PcTech] Recovering XP Pro after Thinkpad hard disk
 
 
> I am curious why the msn.com and hotmail customers have had zero problems
> with msblast or sobig? How come Microsoft gets it right for them yet
blows
> up the rest of the World??
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> Booth Martin http://www.MartinVT.com
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