Chicken and Egg

[Ronn! Blankenship]

At 06:35 PM Tuesday 7/15/2008, Lance A. Brown wrote:
>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]



None of which means anything to the average non-technical person who 
is buying a computer for his/her kids to use for school or a 
grandmother finally buying a computer to view pictures of her 
grandchildren who live out of state, who is not going to have access 
to anywhere to read such information before they buy, much less the 
knowledge or ability to do anything about it.  What do you have for them?


. . . ronn!  :)