http://www.chadsnews.com/2005/09/20/malicious-spyware/ News items and other various tidbits that Chad Cloman finds interesting enough to share with his friends. Thu, 04 Dec 2008 00:28:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.11 http://www.chadsnews.com/2005/09/20/malicious-spyware/#comment-45 Wed, 15 Nov 2006 07:19:25 +0000 http://www.chadsnews.com/2005/09/20/malicious-spyware/#comment-45 [...] For those who read my recent post on the perils of leaving an unpatched Windows computer connected to the internet, you may have noticed a slight problem. The typical home user would install Windows XP, then connect to the internet and run Windows Update to download/install Service Pack 2. In the time it takes to download the updates, however, your computer has a non-trivial chance of being compromised and turned into a zombie. So what’s the solution? [...] […] For those who read my recent post on the perils of leaving an unpatched Windows computer connected to the internet, you may have noticed a slight problem. The typical home user would install Windows XP, then connect to the internet and run Windows Update to download/install Service Pack 2. In the time it takes to download the updates, however, your computer has a non-trivial chance of being compromised and turned into a zombie. So what’s the solution? […]

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