Aaah I just love XP and it's security flaws

  • Dl all patches available for your system and install them.
  • If you not are planning to have filesharing from/to your machine, then got to tcp/ip settings and disable netbios over tcp/ip.
  • If you not are planning to use uPnP then make sure to disable it, there are removal tools available for that. If you don't want to disable it make sure to patch it (top priority).
  • Don't run more protocolls then you need to, the same with services.
  • Close those ports you don't plan to use with XP's personal firewall.
  • Get a "self learning" personal firewall i.e. ZoneAlarm.
  • Get a good AV software.
  • Get a trojan scan, just incase or as a preventive task.
  • There are lot's of things to think on but I'll maybe post a tutorial in how to secure windows 2000 and XP if I can find some time to translate it to english .
  • I can send it to all swedish speaking here at AO as it is, when the tutorial are ready to be published .


Check out these MS sites and RTFM --> Microsoft Security , Windows XP Newsgroups , Security How-Tos .

And finally read all other nice posts in this thread and visit windows update as often as possible.