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Subject: Re: The _real_ reason not to install windows

Author: Omid David Tabibi

Date: 15:55:33 08/14/04

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On August 13, 2004 at 23:23:00, Anthony Cozzie wrote:

>So I finally decided to port Zappa back to windows, and I installed a relatively
>old version of Windows XP.  I can only say that I had 7 copies of various viri
>and worms on my system before I even finished with the security updates.  THAT
>is the number one reason to run linux.

Which is also the number one reason why should never ever connect to internet
without a firewall enabled. The very first thing you should do after installing
Windows XP is to turn on its firewall (which is quite primitive, but will hold
up against most attacks). And install a more serious firewall (e.g., Norton, or
the free ZoneAlarm) as soon as possible.


>
>anthony



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