Windows XP Professional SPI Installation

[mutahir]

Hello All,

today i tried to install windows XPSP1 on a new hard drive, the media i used is reliable and licensed.

When all the installation was completed, and i poped up taskmanager i saw many diff processess with strange names and the system kept on playing up, windows won't update, norton won't install and so on....

i went into safe mode and used adaware and it seemed a bit stable...but when i logged back on as normal, then norton gave me an alert that system is infected with w32.spyworm.bot virus or worm.

my question is : How is it possible that a clean and fresh install of Xp would get affected ......... in this way ? was there anything wrong in the xp os itself ?

i am really stuck now and installed win2k professional on another pc which is still having same sort off problems.

someone here @ msfn has advised to install the whole system, firewall and antivirus before getting connected to the internet ?

any recommendations and suggestions for a painless installation of XP SP1.

Thanks and regards

mutahir

PS : Also when i logged in normal mode, it was popping up banners like universal servers.com eventhough i never visited any website after installation...

[tarquel]

having no firewall is probably the reason.

You haven't mentioned your setup i.e.

- do you have a router? is it firewall capable and is that enabled?

- Do you have a static IP from your ISP? Is it at all possible that you've been on "naughty" sites which may have logged that IP... you can guess the rest

...there's more I'm sure but my brain is starting to hurt a bit now lol

Make sure that you dont have any physical LAN/Internet connections when install the OS.

Also, if you can get a stable happy system work, make a slipstreamed XP SP2 CD or slipstreamed 2000 SP4 CD and get the firewall & AV software on it (and updated where possible) BEFORE you attach any lan/internet connections.

Unless there some software that you are putting on after installing windows that has spyware in it - this is quite possible - then you shouldnt have any problems really.

Pls someone post stuff I've missed (if I have) but I've been posting since this afternoon and I'm kinda drained lol

Regards,

N.

[firefoxthebomb]

as some viruses have a tendency to check your system to see if all critical updates are installed and if one of them is not installed you are vulnerable and you may get hit with that virus as soon as you connect to the internet. It is a good idea to have a firewall and antivirus up to date before connecting onto the internet.

[mutahir]

Hello It YBD,

Thanks for ur advises and thanks to firefoxthebomb as well...

how can or where i can get a slipstreamed cd like the one u mentioned, if i had to make one can u point me to any tutorial ?

also, i have the broadband connection hooked up in my pc's ethernet card (cable internet) and also i didn't visited any (naughty) sites LOL

thanks alot for ur advises...

Mutahir

[tarquel]

how can or where i can get a slipstreamed cd like the one u mentioned, if i had to make one can u point me to any tutorial ?

You're at the right place - I find it funny you haven't noticed stuff on this site nad other forum sections.

Try looking at the top of the page and you'll see Unattended CD / DVD Guide - thats what you'll be needing.

There are other projects on the site too that give you other options too:

Look for XPCREATE on this forum.

Regards,

N.