Fix a Windows Infection Using Linux

RonB pulled this Usenet face plant:

On Tue, 26 Oct 2010 13:43:50 -0700, Frank wrote:

On 10/26/2010 12:38 PM, RonB wrote:
On Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:42:51 +0200, Alias wrote:

http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9192919/
Fix_a_Windows_Infection_Using_Linux?taxonomyId=17

What's the point, it'll only get infected again within minutes.

You've proven your stupidity in here enough times already. Get lost
asshole!

Projecting again, are you? Did the kids with rudimentary brains make fun
of you at the "special" school? Is that why you're a warped little ****?
It must have been horrible.

He was damaged, years ago, by stories like this:

http://www.edbott.com/weblog/2008/07...survival-time/

The myth of the four-minute Windows survival time

The author debunks that report of a security firm as a myth. Expect it
wasn't, until XP SP2.

"Yes, you should finish applying the latest updates to the OS and all
potentially vulnerable applications (Acrobat, Flash, QuickTime, iTunes,
etc.) before you begin using a network-facing PC for the first
time, but you're not at risk of having your system compromised if you
decide to go to lunch before getting to that phase of setup.

If you're using an older machine, originally shipped with a pre-SP2
build of Windows XP, you presumably installed SP2 years ago. If you need
to reinstall Windows using that old, vulnerable version, just enable the
original Windows firewall before you plug into the Internet. Or, better
yet, download XP SP2, burn it to a CD, and apply it to your Windows
machine before you plug in that Ethernet cable."

Didn't that get it up to like, 20 minutes?

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