HACKED!

[Dave]

Good morning folks,
My computer had recently been hacked and compromised. I
had several users logging onto the internet using my dsl
account. I am the sole owner/administrator, and this is a
private home using windows xp home edition. I have changed
my passwords and done a complete reinstall. Hopefully that
is sufficient to clean out the nest of hackers I had using
my system (if there is something else I can do, please let
me know your thoughts.)
My question is, how can I configure the security log on
attempts to a number that will automatically lock out any
hackers. Say I want the number of attempts before lockout
to be three. Can Someone tell me how I set those
configurations. I assume it is something to do with the
event viewer tab, but I can find nothing that looks like
what I need to do to set those parameters.
Thanks very much for your expert reply

[DL]

Ensure your internet firewall is turned on, the built in XP firewall is
better than none, you can also install a free one - Zonealarm - or pay for
eg Norton.
Your critical updates are current - turn on the autoupdate -
Ensure you have an AV app with uptodate deffinitions, that you keep current.
Lastly download and run one of the Spyware cleaners, eg Adaware v6
A reinstall will not neccessarily have removed any worms/trojens
I have just removed mblaster worm from a virgin pc, it installed itself in
the time it took for me to create the dial up connection, then turn on the
firewall, and update the virus deffinitions
David

"Dave" > wrote in message
...
> Good morning folks,
> My computer had recently been hacked and compromised. I
> had several users logging onto the internet using my dsl
> account. I am the sole owner/administrator, and this is a
> private home using windows xp home edition. I have changed
> my passwords and done a complete reinstall. Hopefully that
> is sufficient to clean out the nest of hackers I had using
> my system (if there is something else I can do, please let
> me know your thoughts.)
> My question is, how can I configure the security log on
> attempts to a number that will automatically lock out any
> hackers. Say I want the number of attempts before lockout
> to be three. Can Someone tell me how I set those
> configurations. I assume it is something to do with the
> event viewer tab, but I can find nothing that looks like
> what I need to do to set those parameters.
> Thanks very much for your expert reply