comp.security.firewalls archive
Re: Ping: Volker Birk & Possibly Other Regs!
From: Sebastian Gottschalk <seppi@seppig.de>
Date: Wed Apr 05 2006 - 20:48:07 CEST
Date: Wed Apr 05 2006 - 20:48:07 CEST
Casey wrote:
> On Windows 98 OS with no firewall, does unbinding everything
> but "TCP/IP" prevent malware from "phoneing home"??
No, and neither a firewall does.
> Malware that has gotten in the machine due to the users lack of
> security practices.
The bad thing with Win98 is that you're always root, so a compromised
system always needs to be flattened and rebuilt. With WinNT and
restricted user rights flattening the user's account/profile is sufficient.
Received on Mon May 1 01:05:25 2006