From: Gary Britt 

That's a pretty obvious hole that's been around forever.  I solved the open
wireless connection possibility on my laptop by creating two different
hardware profiles.  The main hardware profile has the wireless card
disabled for when I'm connected to the lan via ethernet.  The alternate
hardware profile has the wireless card enabled for those occassions when I
know I want to connect to a wireless network and know to immediately make
sure I've connected ONLY to the intended network.  That and manually delete
the preconfigured wireless networks from time to time.

Mike N. wrote:
> On Thu, 14 Dec 2006 09:44:55 -0500, "Geo."  wrote:
>
>> Microsoft updated the machine and rebooted i
>
>   Speaking of stupid, sudden reboots, there's an optional patch to the
> wireless card to prevent automatic attachment to anything out there
> masquerading as a network you're looking for.
>
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/917021
>
>   [ You have to accept and install another WGA CaptiveX to download this
> one.   It forces a reboot without prompt at the end.  ]
>
>   Details here about what it means
> http://blog.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2006/12/microsoft_tweaks_windows_x
p_wi.html
>

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