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| Thread ID: 120504 | 2011-09-12 01:11:00 | Dodgy store investigated by MS | Renegade (16270) | PC World Chat |
| Post ID | Timestamp | Content | User | ||
| 1230432 | 2011-09-12 01:11:00 | www.stuff.co.nz Sold some dude an XP COA sticker :badpc: |
Renegade (16270) | ||
| 1230433 | 2011-09-12 01:15:00 | "It took seconds for the out-of-date system to fall foul of malicious software, such as viruses and spyware" ??? |
Gobe1 (6290) | ||
| 1230434 | 2011-09-12 02:06:00 | Still happens especially if you're on dial-up, without a firewall. You'd be surprised! Spyware not so much... |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 1230435 | 2011-09-12 02:34:00 | Quite fun putting an unpatched XP machine directly on the internet. Within minutes you'll have all sorts of nasty stuff on it | Barnabas (4562) | ||
| 1230436 | 2011-09-12 02:39:00 | Well I don't think I'll be using that store, not that I would PBtech is a much better shop and only 5 mins away from there. Didn't think there was any way to legitimately buy Windows XP from a store any more? other than on a 2nd hand PC perhaps. A guy I work with says he has timed a fresh install of windows XP without protection or updates at < 1 min for attacks to start when conected to broadband. I don't know how he tested this though. |
dugimodo (138) | ||
| 1230437 | 2011-09-12 03:17:00 | I aided Microsoft at their request in investigating a Company a few years back over concerns of unlicenced software. What that store did was far worse and I would hate to be them when MS comes knocking. | Iantech (16386) | ||
| 1230438 | 2011-09-12 05:44:00 | A guy I work with says he has timed a fresh install of windows XP without protection or updates at < 1 min for attacks to start when connected to broadband. Are we to understand from this that all MS installations are subject to attack at that rate, and that the only point of difference is that the attacks on updated, patched and/or protected PCs are ineffective? If that is the case then there must be a phenomenal number of active bad guys out there with automated systems scanning non-stop. On that basis I'm suprised that anything legit can find its way through the flood of hacking attempts, or that ISPs don't identify the more prolific offenders and block them. Are there just too many of them? Cheers Billy 8-{) |
Billy T (70) | ||
| 1230439 | 2011-09-12 05:48:00 | Are we to understand from this that all MS installations are subject to attack at that rate, and that the only point of difference is that the attacks on updated, patched and/or protected PCs are ineffective? If that is the case then there must be a phenomenal number of active bad guys out there with automated systems scanning non-stop. On that basis I'm suprised that anything legit can find its way through the flood of hacking attempts, or that ISPs don't identify the more prolific offenders and block them. Are there just too many of them? Cheers Billy 8-{) Bots, automated, and in the wild. I believe they account for a huge amount of traffic. |
Metla (12) | ||
| 1230440 | 2011-09-12 06:18:00 | Things like the sasser or blaster worms. | Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 1230441 | 2011-09-12 06:28:00 | PWND | sahilcc7 (15483) | ||
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