Ummm... not in my experience. If you take the follwoing steps: 1) set up XP 2) set up your internet connection 3) do a windows update 4) reboot when finished You will in my experience NOT get a virus between 2 and 3 unless you do something silly liek set up email or download something. There are no Windows Xp vulnerabilities I knwo fo that are enabled by default. That doesnt mean I can't be wrong (let me know) I just don't know of any.