Re: Windows Awareness Question

[Melissa Guenther <mguenther () COX NET>]

It sounds like you load the right tools...the only thing I would add is to
ensure that the proper "wetware" is loaded.  That the user is aware that
updates need to be made for Windows, antivirus and other software.
Most think it is a one time thing. 
 
-------Original Message-------
 
From: The EDUCAUSE Security Discussion Group Listserv
Date: 2/26/2004 5:30:53 PM
To: SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU
Subject: [SECURITY] Windows Awareness Question
 
I need a resource to take someone through step by step what they need to
do when they buy a new PC.  It was assembled months ago, it doesn't have
50 patches it needs, and ...
 
I have been asked for a "Where do we start" article.  When I help
friends out at home, I burn the latest free firewall, free antivirus,
free ad-aware, and free anti-spyware to a CD, load that before
connecting to the network, and then start windowsupdate after everything
else is loaded.
 
How do you advise users of home systems, and students?
 
Jim
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Jim Moore, CISSP, IAM
Information Security Officer
Rochester Institute of Technology
13 Lomb Memorial Drive
Rochester, NY 14623-5603
Office: 585-475-5406
Fax: 585-475-7950
 
"In cases of defence 'tis best to weigh the enemy more mighty than he
seems" - William Shakespeare (Henry V, Act 2, Scene 4)
 
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