yahoo.reuters.com— Microsoft Corp. on Tuesday warned of five "critical" security flaws in its Windows operating system and Office software that could allow attackers to take control of a computer.
Jul 12, 2006View in Crawl 4
Every public site that I know of is 99% FUD/Fanboys in terms of viewer comments/posts/content. These people should just form their own club where they can feel special. Maybe calling it "The Retard Club". They can talk about how you will never get malware when using Firefox, how Bill Gates is an evil dictator wanting to destroy the world, how everything should be open source "cause there are a million eyes n that", how capitalism is the root of all problems, how every product apart from the one that is popular is the best, how their OS is so much more secure then Windows, how they have 600 applications you haven't heard of that perform elite tasks, etc etc. Or maybe some of them should just get a job and help society out instead perpetrating myths and misunderstanding to justify their beliefs and situation or feel like they are part of a special group.
If you don't like Microsoft products, don't use them. You're not forced to :|People always bitch and moan about Microsoft but just think about how much of an improvement XP is over all their previous products. It is very stable (No BSODs, XP file protection), improved filesystem (NTFS), has lots of decent features like System Restore, etc. If you configure it properly and use good internet security software, you shouldn't have to worry about hackers, viruses, trojans. Unless you're looking for teh warez :D.Microsoft isn't the devil, he he. You have free choice as well. I personally love XP, or else I wouldn't be using it. You're gonna have s**t with any OS in any case. MS product's exploits and flaws are just more blatant because 90% (figure sucked out of my head) of people are running those products.Also, at least look at what Bill Gates is doing with the money that he has made from MS. I don't honestly think that you can complain so hard about the fact that Microsoft is a commercial entity making profits. My 2 cents, please feel free to present any well-substantiated argument against it.
Care to show me any of these exploits that allow full system control if run as a regular user? I'm really interested. Please, I beg you, show me one example.And as for my server, Windows Server 2003, I don't use IE, Outlook or Windows Media player there. I hardly ever use those on my desktop.So... Can you please pinpoint just -how- switching to Linux would make-my-life-so-much-better(tm) ?And don't tell me *nix does everything better. I have a FreeBSD box, for what *nix does well. I have a Windows server for what Windows does well.In short: No system is more secure than its admin is competent. Installing Linux and pretending you are safe simply because you are running Linux is stupid at best.
spacemanspiffJul 12, 2006
At least they're proactive in finding and fixing the flaws.
bobturboJul 12, 2006
Must be a really long rollercoaster ride.
bobturboJul 12, 2006
Every public site that I know of is 99% FUD/Fanboys in terms of viewer comments/posts/content. These people should just form their own club where they can feel special. Maybe calling it "The Retard Club". They can talk about how you will never get malware when using Firefox, how Bill Gates is an evil dictator wanting to destroy the world, how everything should be open source "cause there are a million eyes n that", how capitalism is the root of all problems, how every product apart from the one that is popular is the best, how their OS is so much more secure then Windows, how they have 600 applications you haven't heard of that perform elite tasks, etc etc. Or maybe some of them should just get a job and help society out instead perpetrating myths and misunderstanding to justify their beliefs and situation or feel like they are part of a special group.
ratwizJul 12, 2006
If you don't like Microsoft products, don't use them. You're not forced to :|People always bitch and moan about Microsoft but just think about how much of an improvement XP is over all their previous products. It is very stable (No BSODs, XP file protection), improved filesystem (NTFS), has lots of decent features like System Restore, etc. If you configure it properly and use good internet security software, you shouldn't have to worry about hackers, viruses, trojans. Unless you're looking for teh warez :D.Microsoft isn't the devil, he he. You have free choice as well. I personally love XP, or else I wouldn't be using it. You're gonna have s**t with any OS in any case. MS product's exploits and flaws are just more blatant because 90% (figure sucked out of my head) of people are running those products.Also, at least look at what Bill Gates is doing with the money that he has made from MS. I don't honestly think that you can complain so hard about the fact that Microsoft is a commercial entity making profits. My 2 cents, please feel free to present any well-substantiated argument against it.
upfrontfanaticJul 13, 2006
Care to show me any of these exploits that allow full system control if run as a regular user? I'm really interested. Please, I beg you, show me one example.And as for my server, Windows Server 2003, I don't use IE, Outlook or Windows Media player there. I hardly ever use those on my desktop.So... Can you please pinpoint just -how- switching to Linux would make-my-life-so-much-better(tm) ?And don't tell me *nix does everything better. I have a FreeBSD box, for what *nix does well. I have a Windows server for what Windows does well.In short: No system is more secure than its admin is competent. Installing Linux and pretending you are safe simply because you are running Linux is stupid at best.