[Info-vax] "Shanghai Stock Exchange" and OpenVMS

[Richard B. Gilbert]

Bill Gunshannon wrote:
> In article <0005d0dd$0$2088$c3e8da3 at news.astraweb.com>,
> 	JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot at vaxination.ca> writes:
>> Richard B. Gilbert wrote:
>>
>>> You can safely plug them in and turn them on.  It's when you connect 
>>> them to a network that you have to worry about "electronic organisms" 
>>> infecting your Windows systems.
>> This week's virus can be transmitted when you plug in an USB key.
>>
>> Sony managed to infect Windows machines when the user inserted a MUSIC
>> CD into the machines (that rootkit thing).
>>
>> So leaving a Windows box unconnected to a network is not a garantee that
>>  it won't be infected.
> 
> And all of these exploits can be prevented by proper configuration of
> Windows.
> 
> bill
> 

And how many people know how to "properly configure Windows"???

Where is this "proper configuration" documented?  The last time I looked
Windows was shipping without any "documentation".