Risk of virus while starting up?

Hi all,

If I have a cable modem plugged into my computer as I reboot, am I in
danger of getting a virus or worm as the computer starts up? Thank
you.

Gail

On Tue, 01 Aug 2006 12:52:55 -0500, Jyeshta
wrote:

Hi all,

If I have a cable modem plugged into my computer as I reboot, am I in
danger of getting a virus or worm as the computer starts up? Thank
you.

Gail

I should add that I do not have a router.

No, because it hasn't got an IP address yet. Your antivirus software
should protect from the moment you get past the POST.

Jyeshta wrote:

Hi all,

If I have a cable modem plugged into my computer as I reboot, am I in
danger of getting a virus or worm as the computer starts up? Thank
you.

Gail

I may be mistaken, but, I believe the chances are so remote as to be nothing
to worry about. I'm sure someone will correct me if I am wrong. Simply
practice 'safe hex'.........have a good firewall, AV and a couple of
antispyware/malware apps, i.e. Spybot S&D, Adaware, Spyware Blaster.
Heirloom, old and no probs so far

"Jyeshta" wrote in message
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On Tue, 01 Aug 2006 12:52:55 -0500, Jyeshta
wrote:

Hi all,

If I have a cable modem plugged into my computer as I reboot, am I in
danger of getting a virus or worm as the computer starts up? Thank
you.

Gail

I should add that I do not have a router.

On Tue, 1 Aug 2006 14:19:26 -0500, "Heirloom"
wrote:

I may be mistaken, but, I believe the chances are so remote as to be nothing
to worry about. I'm sure someone will correct me if I am wrong. Simply
practice 'safe hex'.........have a good firewall, AV and a couple of
antispyware/malware apps, i.e. Spybot S&D, Adaware, Spyware Blaster.
Heirloom, old and no probs so far

Thank you, Heirloom!

Gail



"Jyeshta" wrote in message
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On Tue, 01 Aug 2006 12:52:55 -0500, Jyeshta
wrote:

Hi all,

If I have a cable modem plugged into my computer as I reboot, am I in
danger of getting a virus or worm as the computer starts up? Thank
you.

Gail

I should add that I do not have a router.

On Tue, 01 Aug 2006 15:13:19 -0400, null2006
wrote:

No, because it hasn't got an IP address yet. Your antivirus software
should protect from the moment you get past the POST.

Thank you, null!

Gail



Jyeshta wrote:

Hi all,

If I have a cable modem plugged into my computer as I reboot, am I in
danger of getting a virus or worm as the computer starts up? Thank
you.

Gail

While the computer is booting up, you are not at risk of getting a
virus. You are of course at risk of viruses that are already in your
system. Take the regular precautions and you should be OK.

"Jyeshta" wrote:
On Tue, 01 Aug 2006 12:52:55 -0500, Jyeshta

wrote:

Hi all,

If I have a cable modem plugged into my computer as I reboot,
am I in
danger of getting a virus or worm as the computer starts up?
Thank
you.

Gail

I should add that I do not have a router.

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Hey null,
I guess I don't understand just how these things
work.........Jyeshta is on a cable modem, as am I. I have a static IP
address that is 'standing' at the modem at all times. Of course, I have a
NAT router between the cable modem and my PC as a hardware firewall. But,
back to topic.....if she, too, has a static IP, it should be hot from the
get go. It is my understanding that the startup axis begins loading after
the POST is complete. My sound manager is the first thing to load, then the
'remove hardware' and then my AV. My firewall is the last thing to load.
Have tried to determine how that can be set, in XP, to a particular order,
but, have only found third party software that was capable of doing it. If
this is the case, how would the AV come into play "the moment you get past
the POST?" Would there not be some lag until startup apps are loaded into
memory?
Heirloom, old and POST, Poor Old
Senile Twit

"null2006" wrote in message
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No, because it hasn't got an IP address yet. Your antivirus software
should protect from the moment you get past the POST.

Jyeshta wrote:

Hi all,

If I have a cable modem plugged into my computer as I reboot, am I in
danger of getting a virus or worm as the computer starts up? Thank
you.

Gail

There cannot be any lag, because AV software is set up by default to look for
boot viruses at bootup. This is one reason why you shouldn't have more than one
vendor's AV software installed, because they tend to step on each other's toes
and weird (bad) things can happen.

Heirloom wrote:

Hey null,
I guess I don't understand just how these things
work.........Jyeshta is on a cable modem, as am I. I have a static IP
address that is 'standing' at the modem at all times. Of course, I have a
NAT router between the cable modem and my PC as a hardware firewall. But,
back to topic.....if she, too, has a static IP, it should be hot from the
get go. It is my understanding that the startup axis begins loading after
the POST is complete. My sound manager is the first thing to load, then the
'remove hardware' and then my AV. My firewall is the last thing to load.
Have tried to determine how that can be set, in XP, to a particular order,
but, have only found third party software that was capable of doing it. If
this is the case, how would the AV come into play "the moment you get past
the POST?" Would there not be some lag until startup apps are loaded into
memory?
Heirloom, old and POST, Poor Old
Senile Twit

"null2006" wrote in message
...
No, because it hasn't got an IP address yet. Your antivirus software
should protect from the moment you get past the POST.

Jyeshta wrote:

Hi all,

If I have a cable modem plugged into my computer as I reboot, am I in
danger of getting a virus or worm as the computer starts up? Thank
you.

Gail

Heirloom wrote:

Hey null, snip...if she, too, has a static IP, it should be hot from the
get go

It's not 'hot at the get go' because the TCP/IP stack hasn't been loaded yet.

On Tue, 01 Aug 2006 20:24:13 GMT, Louisville wrote:

While the computer is booting up, you are not at risk of getting a
virus. You are of course at risk of viruses that are already in your
system. Take the regular precautions and you should be OK.

Thank you, Louisville!

Gail



"Jyeshta" wrote:
On Tue, 01 Aug 2006 12:52:55 -0500, Jyeshta

wrote:

Hi all,

If I have a cable modem plugged into my computer as I reboot,
am I in
danger of getting a virus or worm as the computer starts up?
Thank
you.

Gail

I should add that I do not have a router.

Good enough for me...........thanks null!
Heirloom, old and learning new tricks

"null2006" wrote in message
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Heirloom wrote:

Hey null, snip...if she, too, has a static IP, it should be hot from
the
get go

It's not 'hot at the get go' because the TCP/IP stack hasn't been loaded
yet.