Indeed - SP2 brought in the firewall which finally got rid of the Blaster and Sasser type-viruses that could be executed remotely because most folks still had t

Indeed - SP2 brought in the firewall which finally got rid of the Blaster and Sasser type-viruses that could be executed remotely because most folks still had their PC connected to the Internet with a public IPv4 address. I remember fondly that it took less than half an hour for a fresh XP install with no SP to get the dreaded "your PC will reboot in 60 seconds" shutdown window.