From: "Glenn Meadows" 

In today's world, one would think that PC's out of the box from MAJOR
mfg's, would be secure.

Kim Komando had a story on her show this weekend, where she received one of
those new HP computers designed for kitchens (Touch screen, designed to be
a family center.

She said that on a lark, she assembled it, and put it directly on the
internet.  Less than 3 minutes she was getting popup ads, etc.  Brand new,
out of the box.

Why the heck was it infectable?  What kind of chance to the general JPQ have?

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Glenn M.
"Geo."  wrote in message
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> "Richard B."  wrote in message
> news:skck335e0kre3dskspotlscude0s523ta5{at}4ax.com...
>
>> I was thinking about putting an unpatched PC outside the firewall on
>> our client DSL network for a month or so just to see what happens....
>
> In less than an hour it will be a spambot.
>
> Geo.

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