windows its not secure.
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Fixed.
Ok, so, today i've been building my g/f's computer, after minimal hassle, i started to install win2k, all's going well, installed fine, great. Installed mobo and video drivers and things are all cool. Get it online, hit windows update then we ran off to see a movie. Cut to a few hours later.
The computer is riddled with viruses. All i'd installed not on properly pressed (and completely legal, i might add) cds were FireFox and winrar. Both of which were downloaded from reputable sites, and the exact same files that i have running on my computer with no viruses whatsoever.
So this is what i need to ask, is a clean install of win2k on brand new hardware really so susceptible to viruses? I'd not been able to ascertain what viruses they were exactly as they were overflowing the box and effectively stopping you from running anything, let alone do anything on the internet or install software (so both windows update and installing a virus scanner were out of the question).
This has basically forced me to install WinXP Home over, what i believe to be, the more superior win2k pro, which i'm none to happy about.
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indeed win2k is a big problem, there was a discussion on /. about how to avoid the virus thing. theres literally trackers searching every ip, iirc, for holes to exploit on win2k computers. the first 5 minutes you log into the web with a win2k comp, you have a virus, almost guarenteed. its really horrible =/ its a decent OS for people who don't use the web, though.
firewall could possibly help, i'll see if i can find the /. post though, theres some offline updater for windows you can use to help you, anti-virus as well is needed.
edits;
http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/0...1347214&tid=172 (http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/08/17/1347214&tid=172)
http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/1...tid=172&tid=201 (http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/11/30/1932245&tid=220&tid=172&tid=201)
you can search for more here (http://slashdot.org/search.pl), don't forget to read the comments for some possible help as well, idk if that stuff will help, but it may.
> Get it online, hit windows update then we ran off to see a movie. Cut to a few hours later.
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> All i'd installed not on properly pressed (and completely legal, i might add) cds were FireFox and winrar. Both of which were downloaded from reputable sites, and the exact same files that i have running on my computer with no viruses whatsoever.
note that you only installed firefox and winrar. it seems that because you did not mention any problems with TCP/IP or DHCP you probably didn't have a firewall.
you left a computer on, alone, for a few hours with no virus protection and no firewall. refer to the image in this post (http://www.lunixmonster.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=2379&view=findpost&p=34942)
also, follow the steps in that post, replacing anti-spyware/malware/adware tools with antivirus tools
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Funny, I have yet to get a virus in my last five reformats of my computer, and I do win2k on them every time. And in case youre wondering why I reformat, its just a quirky habit I have. I like my registry clean like a baby's arse.