Chicken and Egg

[Lance A. Brown]

Ronn! Blankenship said the following on 7/15/2008 7:24 PM:

> Now how about an actually helpful response for those who do not have 
> access to another computer at home?

Well, how about this:

Before plugging your new computer into a network connection:

1.  Go to Office Depot, Staples, etc. and buy a copy of your favorite 
Anti-Virus/anti-spam/anti-malware program and install it.  Make sure it 
is running.
2.  If your favorite package doesn't include a firewall, make sure the 
Windows Firewall is activated.
3.  Plug in the network connection and wait for the computer to get an 
address
4  Open Internet Explorer and go to http://update.microsoft.com/ and run 
the software updates.

That should give you a decent chance to get updated before your machine 
is compromised.

Your best bet is still to go out and buy a router or access point so you 
can just flat out avoid a lot of the scans.

--[Lance]

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