Re: Windows Update

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From: Rob Schneider (rmschne_at_removetheones_b1e1e1b.net.net)
Date: 07/12/04 

Date: Mon, 12 Jul 2004 19:29:55 +0100

It's my judgement (others free to disagree) that if you ensure you turn
on the firewall (or better yet, in my opinion, get an external hardware
router/firewall as sold by Linksys, et. al.) you will be immune from the
worms. This will enable you to then install updates in the normal
fashion to protect your machine from things that exploit Microsoft's
software, e.g. Internet Explorer.

Hope this is useful to you. Let us know.

rms

Christopher Pow wrote:
> Is there any other way than online to do Windows Update? I just reinstalled WindowsXP Professional after my computer became infected with a worm that trashed most of my harddrive. I do not want to put the computer back onto the internet until I am sure I have the latest security patches available.

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