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RE: Secure installation of Windows XP?
From: "Crawley, Jim" <Jim.Crawley () yrbrands com>
Date: Tue, 2 May 2006 08:26:53 +1000
My answer has already been given (don't connect it to the internet or if you're really paranoid, any network until all patches, AV & firewall are installed and configured), however I thought I'd regale everyone with a little tale that once happened to me a few years back. One of my colleagues was setting up a machine to create a new ghost image on. Standard install, he had kicked it off then got tied up in a few things. The next morning I noticed a lot of virus activity on the network. Started searching out the machine, couldn't for the life of me find it. It had a name that didn't comply to our standards. All I could get was the network card make & model from the mac address. It ended up being the machine my colleague started working on. The reason we hadn't suspected it was because the install wasn't even up to the stage where it configures the network card. We pushed the install through out of curiosity, windows couldn't even load network card drivers for it anyway yet this machine still managed to get infected. Just goes to show, initial boot through to fully patched & protected system, leave it in a standalone environment. -----Original Message----- From: Thomas Jespersen [mailto:front243 () stofanet dk] Sent: Sunday, 30 April 2006 8:16 AM To: security-basics () securityfocus com Subject: Secure installation of Windows XP? Hi, I hear stories of how a new Windows XP system is infected within minutes. So I wonder, what is the procedure to install Windows XP in a safe way? PS : In case there are any other Danes on the list, I posted a similar question on a Danish security newsgroup, but I got very conflicting responses, so I just want to know the opinion of this list. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ - This List Sponsored by: Webroot Don't leave your confidential company and customer records un-protected. Try Webroot's Spy Sweeper Enterprise(TM) for 30 days for FREE with no obligation. See why so many companies trust Spy Sweeper Enterprise to eradicate spyware from their networks. FREE 30-Day Trial of Spy Sweeper Enterprise http://www.webroot.com/forms/enterprise_lead.php ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This List Sponsored by: Webroot Don't leave your confidential company and customer records un-protected. Try Webroot's Spy Sweeper Enterprise(TM) for 30 days for FREE with no obligation. See why so many companies trust Spy Sweeper Enterprise to eradicate spyware from their networks. FREE 30-Day Trial of Spy Sweeper Enterprise http://www.webroot.com/forms/enterprise_lead.php --------------------------------------------------------------------------
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- Re: Secure installation of Windows XP?, (continued)
- Re: Secure installation of Windows XP? Al Lilianstrom (May 01)
- Re: Secure installation of Windows XP? Michael Shum (May 01)
- Re: Secure installation of Windows XP? Alexander Bolante (May 01)
- Re: Secure installation of Windows XP? Michael Refskou (May 02)
- Re: Secure installation of Windows XP? etropos (May 02)
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- Re: Secure installation of Windows XP? etropos (May 03)
- Re: Secure installation of Windows XP? Igor Hrcek (May 04)
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- Re: Secure installation of Windows XP? xyberpix (May 04)
- RE: Secure installation of Windows XP? Dunigan, Michael (May 01)
- Re: RE: Secure installation of Windows XP? cenkornek (May 02)
- RE: Secure installation of Windows XP? Crawley, Jim (May 02)