[Tfug] OT: Windows "Tracking Software"

[Zack Williams]

> +1 ... If you're talking about a toolkit you can plug in to a running WinBox to
> detect (and remove) keystroke loggers, spyware, and rootkits, there ain't no
> such animal that's 100% reliable.  However, IMHO you can connect safely to the
> Internet to download updates and patches if you're behind a NAT router, which
> will protect you against most exploits that just attack open Windows ports, and
> if you turn on the built-in Windows Firewall.

Assuming you don't have any other compromised hosts behind the NAT...

For the ultra paranoid,  you can download available windows update
with a program like this:

http://www.windowsupdatesdownloader.com/

and sneakernet them over.  Or slipstream them into your windows
install cd, if you're doing more than one box and want to save some
time.

- Zack