Re: Damn I'm Good!

In article <C09C6E0D.4F89A%SNIT@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Snit <SNIT@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

"Josh McKee" <jtmckee@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> stated in post
jtmckee-2BC914.17123825052006@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx on 5/25/06 4:12 PM:

In article <C09B82FA.4F786%SNIT@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Snit <SNIT@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

"Josh McKee" <jtmckee@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> stated in post
jtmckee-EC7E6A.16043725052006@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx on 5/25/06 3:04 PM:

It's not one piece of malware that's convincing. It's that it's
*another* piece of malware that is stopped by my suggestion that should
be convincing.

You are awfully proud of joining the bandwagon of folks who suggest
using a
non-Admin account. I still am not sure why.

What leads you to conclude that I'm jumping on a bandwagon?

You are agreeing with the many others who make the same suggestion.

Agreement constitutes jumping on a bandwagon?

Hmmm, looking up the definition of "jump on a bandwagon" I find only "To
profit from a craze." Using a non-admin account is not a "craze", so I
would agree my wording was poor. Still, you are merely agreeing with many
others about non-admin accounts and acting as if you are educating those you
agree with.

If they agreed with me they'd stop making the posts that they do about
Windows security. They would realize how foolish such posts are.

It is not as though you created the concept of using non-Admin account

I don't recall having said that I did.

and that doing so helps protect against at least some of the malware that
is
out there.

Some is an understatement.

Even you have agreed it is not all.

But it would be a significant portion. Especially when it comes to the
ones that have done the billions upon billions of damages that is
constantly thrown around.

You keep championing this concept as though you were tying to convince
someone, but I have not seen anyone disagree.

Then you're blind. Maccies keep making posts trying to illustrate how
insecure Windows is. If they didn't disagree with my suggestions then
they wouldn't make such posts because their examples would be stopped by
my suggestions. This post illustrated this point nicely.

Cite. Please. I repeatedly ask you and you repeatedly fail.

You've been provided references in the past. I do not wish to
continuously post references to what is common knowledge.

The fact is many people do use an Admin account...

Here we're in agreement. And this is one of the primary reasons that
malware is so successful on Windows.

so you claiming that if the facts were different the malware would not be as big
of an issue is silly. The facts are the facts.

The idea is to demonstrate that one can use Windows securely at no cost
with some minor change. Why the Maccies don't want to accept this is
beyond me. Well...maybe not. It's probably because the only thing they
have left to sell the Macintosh on is its lack of malware.

I have seen people talk about some of the down sides of doing so, but that
is not the same thing as disagreeing. I am at a loss as to why you are so
focused on this one idea that, really, is not in contention by anyone I
can
think of.

I am at a loss as to why Maccies are so obsessed with branding Windows
insecure. Once their obsession disappears I won't have to keep reminding
them that there is a simple, no cost way to proactively protect ones
self.

You are rather obsessive and, frankly, irrational on this issue.

You repeatedly talk about something different than what others are - people
talk about how Windows as it exists is insecure and you say that if people
set it up differently it would be secure. So? As it is - in the "wild"
today - it is prone to lots and lots of malware.

It is. So does that mean people shouldn't take steps to change that? Or
should they only take steps that add cost and are reactive?

Josh
.

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