Exactly right. Never again. I hadn't done a windows update yet, so it was XP
Pro, "the old way", before modification.

"Jupiter Jones [MVP]" <jones_jupiter@hotnomail.com> wrote in message
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> You also did not have a firewall But, you had the computer connected to
> the internet probably through DSL or cable.
>
> NEVER physically connect to the network without a firewall.
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> Jupiter Jones [MVP]
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> "Doug Kanter" <ancientangler@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:Hpgvf.1243$qg.890@news02.roc.ny...
>> You're very lucky, then. Last spring, I did a reformat/reinstall (XP Pro)
>> for a friend. The install finished. I walked away for lunch. Came back
>> later, started IE, and got popup windows all over the place. I'll avoid
>> the middle of the story, but I found the box was infected with some sort
>> of crap, and I hadn't visited ANY web sites yet. No installed software
>> other than XP.
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