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Originally Posted by zinglebarb
The machine was bought from a local store resently and this come with xp with no service packs
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That's just shoddy in my opinion. It's not hard to install SP2 on a brand-new computer, if store uses a single image they could slipstream SP2 so they wouldn't even need to do anything after the install.
Windows XP Gold (i.e. no service packs) will now not get any further security updates.
Back on topic, I read it's only supposed to be about 20 minutes now before you get 'infected'. I wonder though if the
ntl: port blocking will have an effect? ("
...Blaster worms spread over port 135, which has already been blocked [by ntl:]")
Ben