[Gomez]

ping

[al baby]

I never get online so I think I am ok

[isom35]

thank goodness I’m still using windows 3.1 on my 386 here.

[Inyo-Mono]

The most useful mitigation is to turn off the remote assistance tool, but the advisory provides several other temporary fixes for those who rely on the feature.

Where is the "remote assistance tool?"

[mlocher]

Sometimes I think that windows is akin to my attempts to do plumbing in my home. I fix one leak, only to find that I have caused two more.

[tflabo]

There should be stiff criminal penalties on hackers and creators of vicious software purposely attacking other PC’s.

[Cold Heat]

Remote assistance has been disable on my computers since they first came out with it. You disable it, and make sure it is not allowed as a exception on your firewall just to be sure.

[ThunderSleeps]

Yet another reason why I use Linux as my OS of choice...

[Ron C.]

For XP - do the following:

start > settings > control panel > system > remote tab > remote assistance > click advanced > uncheck 'Allow this computer to be controlled remotedly > click OK > uncheck 'Allow Remote Assistance invitations to be sent from this computer > click apply at the bottom > last, click OK

[Revolting cat!]

[ShadowAce]

[antiRepublicrat]

Okay all you people on the almost ten year-old Windows XP, it’s finally time to upgrade. And you don’t have the “but Vista sucks!” excuse anymore.