Re: So, windows doesn't get viruses and worms eh?
- From: "John Slade" <hhitman86@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 31 May 2006 21:41:20 GMT
"GreyCloud" <mist@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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John Slade wrote:
"Steve Carroll" <noone@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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In article <280520061610537076%mitch@xxxxxxxxx>,
Mitch <mitch@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
In article <noone-DC973A.12284528052006@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Steve Carroll <noone@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
2- Delete attachments from people you don't know
This part is funny.
Since OE is the recommended mail program,
and most viruses travel through OE address book entries -- making most
viruses arrive from friends!
In addition,
the preview pane is on by default,
loading HTML content is on by default,
loading attachments inline is on by default,
most users turn on access to attachments or reduce security settings.
Windows users would have benefitted a great deal years ago by giving up
OE, yet many won't even do it today, no matter what they are told!
Even funnier to me is the fact that the video contains no mention of
certain things the Wintaliban of csma are claiming makes Windows as safe
as OSX. While some suggestions might seem to make sense to make it more
secure than it is currently, I have yet to see anyone provide any kind
of proof that any of them work to the extent that they make Windows as
safe as OSX.
Use online e-mail systems. It will make your OS X as secure as my
Windows system is. Use a firewall or router with firewall capabilities.
You will make your OS X Mac as secure as my Windows system. Don't
download and install pirated software. Despite this OS X users have gone
to a web site and had their computer compromised. They had a virus put on
it despite all the vaunted OS X security. That hasn't happened to me
while using Windows, ever.
Sure. But then I can take a Mac with OS X out of the box as is and hook
it straight to the internet without any problems.
I can take my coputer and do the same thing. Buy a computer from Dell
and it's the same deal. But you can't take your Mac out of the box and visit
that infected web site without it being compromised. It is either patched or
not. Most likely it won't be patched against that viurs. The Dell system
comes with two years of virus protection software installed out of the box.
Not that I'm an advocate of Dell but I'm just using it as an example of a
average PC bought by someone.
In Comp.os.vms, the IT pros says it takes about 15 to 20 minutes for XP to
get compromised on the net if you hook it up naked to broadband.
But the vast majority of PCs come with protection already installed. So
that just doesn't fly for the vast majority of users. Actually a PC with
protection installed is more secure than a Mac with no protection and we
know there are Mac OS X viruses out there.
It is hilarious to see the wintrolls claim how safe they are, yet the news
media is rife with reports of how insecure XP really is.
It's not hilarious. It's a fact. The average PC is more secure than the
average Mac because the Mac comes with no protection against one known virus
in the wild.
John
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