On Wed, 02 Jul 2003 09:41:26 +0300, in <alt.privacy.spyware>, Lance
Delacroix <lance_delacroix@fastmail.fm> wrote:
>
[snip]
>
> The jury is still out on XPpro.
[snip]

No, it isn't. Convicted on all counts, and sentenced to death.

> In addition to what you're already
> doing, I'd suggest not using IE, OE, WMP, any of the messaging
> options, updating, or any other M$ bull****.
>
[snip]

Essentially impossible, as long as you leave the XP Trojan in place.

> Uninstall any apps or components that you won't need. You can even
> uninstall IE, but you'll have to search for the program that does it
> unless somebody else reading this has the URL.
>
[snip]

<http://www.litepc.com/ieradicator.html>

However, unless you get rid of XP entirely _first_, this is so much
"closing the barn door after the horse has run off" self-delusion. You will
NOT be making yourself appreciably safer or more abuse-resistant. XP has
too many _other_ deliberately planted back doors.

Also, if you're running Win2K-SP2 or Win2K-SP3, you'll need to permanently
disable "Windows File Protection" before running it, or the zombie will
reincarnate itself. Google the web for the details and how-to.

--

Jay T. Blocksom
--------------------------------
Appropriate Technology, Inc.
usenet01[at]appropriate-tech.net


"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."
-- Benjamin Franklin, Historical Review of Pennsylvania, 1759.

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