the rumors are true: xp knocked over in minutes
Yesterday while I was setting up a new Windows XP laptop, I connected it to the internet on the open side of my firewall. I hadn't had a chance to patch it, so it was a Rev 1 version of XP completely exposed to the outside world.
It only took two minutes for someone to install spamware on it.
It only took two minutes for someone to install spamware on it.