....see these pages before doing anything else online with the new machine:

Before You Connect a New Computer to the Internet
http://www.cert.org/tech_tips/before_you_plug_in.html

Protect Your PC
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/protect/

Merry Christmas!
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE, Security, Shell/User)
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com

Aumha VSOP
http://aumha.net

DTS-L.org
http://dts-l.org/

PA Bear wrote:

> ...see these pages before doing anything else online with the new machine:
>
> Before You Connect a New Computer to the Internet
> http://www.cert.org/tech_tips/before_you_plug_in.html
>
> Protect Your PC
> http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/protect/
>
> Merry Christmas!

Well done, Robear!
And... Merry Christmas to you and your family ;-)
Buon Natale!.

--
Vincenzo Di Russo
Microsoft® MVP - Most Valuable Professional
Windows - Internet Explorer since 2003
http://support.microsoft.com/newsgroups
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/

Yes, was over at a brother's house yesterday evening for Christmas Eve get
together. He has 3 PCs, a laptop, and other electronic entertainment toys
he's devoted just for that room. All computers connected to internet via
cable network. The laptop has no, zero protection for AV.
Tried pandasoftware.com for scanning which just sat there and did nothing.
ActiveX was enabled across the board in IE security settings. TrendMicro
online scanner was running when I left.
Without prompting, my brother even commented that the laptop was sure to
have something bad on it by now as its been connected to the internet all
day. Then he wants me to try to fix it if its broken. I left midway
through the TrendMicro online scan, shaking my head.

Point is, even if they know the dangers, they still do it anyway...

I emailed him the site for free AVG, and spybot S&D this morning.
--
Jonny
"PA Bear" <PABearMVP@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:OaDUA4WCGHA.1032@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> ...see these pages before doing anything else online with the new machine:
>
> Before You Connect a New Computer to the Internet
> http://www.cert.org/tech_tips/before_you_plug_in.html
>
> Protect Your PC
> http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/protect/
>
> Merry Christmas!
> --
> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
> MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE, Security, Shell/User)
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
>
> Aumha VSOP
> http://aumha.net
>
> DTS-L.org
> http://dts-l.org/

Very sound advice Robear lets hope it works <g>
Merry Christmas to you and yours.
Joan


PA Bear wrote:
> ...see these pages before doing anything else online with the new
> machine:
> Before You Connect a New Computer to the Internet
> http://www.cert.org/tech_tips/before_you_plug_in.html
>
> Protect Your PC
> http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/protect/
>
> Merry Christmas!

In news:uMZ08IXCGHA.532@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl,
Vincenzo Di Russo [MVP] <enzodirusso@xoom.it> had this to say:

My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:

> PA Bear wrote:
>
>> ...see these pages before doing anything else online with the new
>> machine:
>>
>> Before You Connect a New Computer to the Internet
>> http://www.cert.org/tech_tips/before_you_plug_in.html
>>
>> Protect Your PC
>> http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/protect/
>>
>> Merry Christmas!
>
> Well done, Robear!
> And... Merry Christmas to you and your family ;-)
> Buon Natale!.

Seconded - darned good idea.

--
Galen - MS MVP - Windows (Shell/User & IE)
http://dts-l.org/

"We approached the case, you remember, with an absolutely blank mind,
which is always an advantage. We had formed no theories. We were simply
there to observe and to draw inferences from our observations." -
Sherlock Holmes

"Jonny" wrote in part:


> I emailed him the site for free AVG, and spybot S&D this morning.


Panda_man >> Are AVG and SpyBot S&D your Christmas present


Add Ad-Aware SE Personal or Microsoft Antispyware...
<hey ,this is a joke> joyful days to all of you!!!
Merry Christamas and very Happy NEW Year !!!

Merry Christmas ,Robert !

Jonny wrote:
> Point is, even if they know the dangers, they still do it anyway...
>

It's like sex.

"HeyBub" <heybub@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:%237vFLZaCGHA.2704@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
> Jonny wrote:
>> Point is, even if they know the dangers, they still do it anyway...
>>
>
> It's like sex.

WhoooHoo!!!! for some of us special few, it IS sex. Yeeee haa!!!

Sound advice, but who's going to see it before they've connected?

--
Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE
Please respond in Newsgroup. Do not send email
http://www.fjsmjs.com
Protect your PC
http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/


"PA Bear" <PABearMVP@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:OaDUA4WCGHA.1032@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> ...see these pages before doing anything else online with the new machine:
>
> Before You Connect a New Computer to the Internet
> http://www.cert.org/tech_tips/before_you_plug_in.html
>
> Protect Your PC
> http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/protect/
>
> Merry Christmas!
> --
> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear) MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE, Security, Shell/User)
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
>
> Aumha VSOP
> http://aumha.net
> DTS-L.org
> http://dts-l.org/

<lol> Lets hope they have friends who tell them <g>
Joan

Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE wrote:
> Sound advice, but who's going to see it before they've connected?
>
>
> "PA Bear" <PABearMVP@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:OaDUA4WCGHA.1032@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
>> ...see these pages before doing anything else online with the new
>> machine:
>> Before You Connect a New Computer to the Internet
>> http://www.cert.org/tech_tips/before_you_plug_in.html
>>
>> Protect Your PC
>> http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/protect/
>>
>> Merry Christmas!
>> --
>> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear) MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE, Security, Shell/User)
>> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
>>
>> Aumha VSOP
>> http://aumha.net
>> DTS-L.org
>> http://dts-l.org/