is a diary of someone who started out with a brand new computer and deliberately clicked on every attachment that was spammed his way. It makes for some amusing reading. 

 

Check it out here.

They taught me in CEH class that if you buy a brand new computer boom out of the box, plug it in, and connect to the Internet, in 20 minutes, it can be infected by viruses and malware, spyware, etc. 20 minutes!

Just goes to show, the safest computer in the world is one that is unplugged, packed in it's box, and buried six feet underground. Editorial note:the headstone could very easily read "Co***q Pr***ario"
Just my little $0.02.

 

I can also comfirm that from personal experience while working in a university environment. Under 30 minutes is the norm, not only because of the speed and openness of the network but also because of the wide-spread use of public IP addresses for all computers.

Don