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Old July 2nd 04, 03:07 PM
Isaac
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Default Upgrade....can I avoid..help please

"Gary S. Terhune" wrote in news:Olz5pTDYEHA.1000
@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl:

That's a totally false statement.


Oh? You've got worms and worms. Some are spreading itself via mail, like
netsky and mydoom. You can stop these by not opening the attachment, or by
having an up to date virusscanner. Some worms come through open ports, like
blaster and sasser. You'll just have to switch on your computer and wait.
If you're use W2000 or XP. W98 is immune, because it has not opened these
ports. In '98 Bill was not yet aware of the possibilities of plumbing a
system full of junk needing to open a port, mostly unnessesary, but skilful
in rare situations, like DCOM or UPnP.

XP is slightly faster because it can dynamically change the MTU size. This
will make networkaccess some more efficient.