Re: crazy viruses

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"NoStop" <nospam@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Or there is a particular fix for me to find on the net (The name of
this virus)?

The fix ("Brain 1.0") is sometimes available, however, not always. It
requires to realize some basic issues. Otherwise, you may run into the
same situation sooner or later. Some items from the no-no list:

- Surfing with Administrator privileges

True, so why does XP - out of the box - set up to allow this?

Because many actions *require* administrative privileges. And there are
at least two accounts with these privileges necessary in order to help
out in case of emergency (forgotten password etc.).

- Running not fully patched systems

Patches many times FOLLOW exploits and in Microsoft's case, by quite a
long time before they decide to release a patch. So that in itself
doesn't guarantee security.

There is no 100% security on this planet. However, 90% is better than
60%, for instance. Too hard for you to understand?

- Clicking all and everything

??? Silly response as that is what a GUI is all about. How does one
decide what to click and what not to click without the insight offered
by a crystal ball or real world experience? Do you want to offer the OP
a list of safe things to click?

Nonsense. I had one virus only in the past 25 years of heavy computing
and this trojan could not install because it did not manage to replace a
read-only system file. 1 virus only could enter the system because I do
*not* click all and everything. BTW, that rare trojan was hidden in a
file, downloaded by my son from a suspicious site years ago and not re-
cognized by the (updated) McAfee anti-virus software.

- To open unknown Mail attachments

Even "known" mail attachments can contain malicious code, sent to you by
your "friends" and "family" who have compromised systems.

Replace "unknown" with "unexpected" if you have severe problems to
understand the obvious.

- Running P2P Software

That's just so much FUD. There is plenty of software based on P2P ...
legitimate software like Skype for example.

ROFL! There is a good article (German) about "Skype & Co." and how they
bypass firewalls. You may want to translate that article if interested.
http://www.heise.de/security/artikel/82054

- Lack of security (FAT32 instead of NTFS)

NTFS doesn't offer security anymore than FAT32 lacks it.

Apparently, you did not understand the principle of NTFS.

- Unlimited Account and/or NTFS permissions
- Downloads from suspicious sources

And who decides what is "suspicious sources"? With the latest PDF
exploit, for example, any website can become suspect.

Correct. A good example are driver downloads. You can download them
directly from the manufacturer's homepage or from any site found by
Google. The latter sites are suspect in general.

- Disabled (built-in) firewall

What has a firewall got to do with this? Do you know what a firewall is
designed to do? It certainly has nothing to do with "crazy viruses", nor
will it offer any protection against them.

Well, the Blaster and Sasser worms would not have been very successful
if the built-in firewall (SP1 at that time) would have been enabled on
Internet connections - even when running an unpatched system. EOD.

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