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ppl might have helped you.. but you used the gay smillie j/k

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Next time I won't ask nicely.
So give me some damn answers about XP or else

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Well, windows in general is swiss cheese, you will never make it totally protected.

regarding XP, here is one particularly nasty vulnerability that will allow an attacker to delete any file on your hard drive just by clicking a link:

this is a link to an article about it (trust me click it) heh.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/27074.html

There are many, MANY more holes though.

I advise you to at the very least get an antivirus program, I suggest Norton Antivirus.

Also, get a firewall, I suggest ZoneAlarm.

These programs (unlike most junk on the net) are WORTH PAYING FOR.

Yah, as john said, you should definately get an AV program. I prefer Norton AV, cuz McAffeefefef is starting to suck really bad, and Norton's actually getting better.

Regarding XP, first, make sure you use Professional, not Home Edition, and definately update to SP1.

Also, for a firewall, if you can, get a hardware firewall, like a little linksys router, there only about $100 canadian... Plus you can share the internet with all the computers in your house with it.

As far as file sharing is concerned, disable it all, unless you need to share anything, then just make sure it's password protected. (Not much more you can do than that.)

Cool?

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Lets say I know somebody with a slightly fishy copy of XP. How would he, in theory, go about upgrading to SP1 with an invalid key? Our of interest.

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Originally posted by JohnSmith regarding XP, here is one particularly nasty vulnerability that will allow an attacker to delete any file on your hard drive just by clicking a link: this is a link to an article about it (trust me click it) heh. http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/27074.html

after having not much luck with Win XP i hav decided to use win2000. are there any major vulnerabilities like the one u pointed out for XP? And if so how can you protect yourself from them. I hear 2000 pro is most stable out the lot of them

well.. 2000 is OK.

probably MORE secure than XP, but of course that doesn't mean it's impossible to get broken into if you are using 2000.

and, as far as win2000 goes, there are all different kinds of that, win2k pro, win2k server, win2k advanced server, etc. you'd probably have pro though i imagine.

personally, i use XP for my workstation, i like it's features. My company uses win2k server for our servers, and we haevn't gotten hacked. we have external firewall protection, and keep everything patched, but that is no guarantee it only reduces the likelihood

the key thing to know is, the only way you can ever truly be safe, is to unplug your network card. sorry but that's the truth.

it's like saying, how can i go out downtown late at night and not get mugged? should i bring a knife? or a gun? maybe an armored car?

it don't matter, there is always the possibility. either don't go out, or be prepared to research the risks.

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Originally posted by JohnSmith the key thing to know is, the only way you can ever truly be safe, is to unplug your network card. sorry but that's the truth.

i thought a good router was a way of stopping it happening. Like doesnt it make it so u havnt got an IP, and therfore hacking cannot occur.. or something like that

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Originally posted by Spad Lets say I know somebody with a slightly fishy copy of XP. How would he, in theory, go about upgrading to SP1 with an invalid key? Our of interest.

lol. i'm sending you over to sothis, she will have bill gates come and kick your ass.

just kidding. I can tell you this. if you try to upgrade and you did not by XP it will rat you out automatically. There is a way around it though..

http://www.vnunet.com/News/1135007

I'll let you figure it out though..

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Originally posted by Spad Lets say I know somebody with a slightly fishy copy of XP. How would he, in theory, go about upgrading to SP1 with an invalid key? Our of interest.

To feed your interest, you may want to check out the following two links.

http://www.trwxp.kit.net/xp_sp1.html

http://www.labmice.net/WindowsXP/articles/changeID.htm

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