re: TROJAN OR VIRUS ... help ... not sure what to do!
Monday, May 3, 2004 at 1:41 pm
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Brian
(630 messages posted)
I finally solved my virus / worm / trojan problems permanently and haven't had a
single worry in months.
using a dual boot system with XP on the main partition using NTFS , and a small partition
formatted in FAT16 running my old Windows 98.
I connect to the internet using EXCLUSIVELY Win98 on the FAT 16 partition, and use
XP normally on the other with any other programs required as well.
Since a FAT 16 formatted drive can't even see the other formatted in NTFS,the partition/drive
running XP can't under any circumstances become infected.
If for some reason you pick up anything from the internet, and it screws up your
Win98 partition - who cares? - you just re-load Win98 in about 30mins as many times
as you want (unlike XP) and away you go again - works great, and as as far as I know
- foolproof.
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>It didn't take long before I made a text file with all the responses, and I just
>copy and paste into the test box to post on the forum. I am always adding or editing
>it with new stuff.
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>This Sasser Worm is an example of what I keep saying about doing the Windows updates.
> Why in the world would you keep installing updates to repair holes in XP, one at
>a time, when all you have to do is turn on the firewall in XP, and repair ALL, or
>at least most of the holes at one time? That, and use a good, updated A/V program
>and the spyware arsenal that I post, and you really don't have any reason to do
the
>updates. They cause more problems than they solve. I haven't done updates in over
>a year, and I don't experience any of the problems people come in here with.
>
>Another pet peeve of mine is p2p file sharing. I wrote up a post on this the other
>night, and posted it a couple times. If you are interested in seeing it, let me
>know, and I will post it here.
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