Re: one care, have Microsoft missed a W at the beginning?
- From: GSV Three Minds in a Can <GSV@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 2 Jun 2006 13:31:15 +0100
Bitstring <pan.2006.05.31.16.43.46.99197@xxxxxxxxxxx>, from the wonderful person gort <me@xxxxxxxxxxx> said
On Wed, 31 May 2006 16:17:39 +0000, Graham Chapman wrote:
Looks like Microsoft has jumped on the bandwagon, and are offering
Anti-spyware, anti virus and firewall in 1. How many gullible PC users will
fall in this trap, (PC world must be rubbing their hands with glee) and how
long before the patches come out? I myself much rather rely on Adaware, AVG,
and Zonelabs for my protection, and they don't contain bloatware, like
Norton's products...
Graham
Of course if they fixed windows so no one could run virus and
trojans.....but I suppose that never occurs to them.
ANYTHING can be a virus/trojan. Apart from a very few exploits, rapidly closed down, 99% of the problem comes from 'social engineering' loopholes. People ACTUALLY CLICK ON 'OK' to launch things which then damage their PC, or which install back doors, open relays, or keyloggers. People ASK the OS to run this stuff. Heck people even logon to phishing websites, or send their bank details to Mr Akuba in Nigeria so he can give them half the $10m he's stealing.
Now if you want a computer that refuses to do whatever the users ask, I guess you could buy a console, or HAL 9000.
You'd have better luck requiring minimum IQ/education level for anyone touching a keyboard.
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