Re: XP has no significant bugs that any significant number of users want fixed
- From: TCS <The-Central-Scrutinizer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2005 20:06:29 -0500
On Thu, 14 Apr 2005 19:04:30 -0400, Charles Schuler <charleschuler@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> I ain't flaming you, but I think you need to see how viruses work before
>> you can declare every OS to be vulnerable to hackers. Its one thing to
>> break into a computer, its another to be able to take it over. Can't do
>> that with a MAC, linux, OS/2, or actually, any other OS. Just windows.
>You have made an unequivocal statement and you are dead wrong. There is
>nothing special about Windows, other than its popularity. Cell phones are
>vulnerable. Wake up and smell the coffee.
Actually, you're the one who is dead wrong. Windows is different due to the
way it is used: as an administrator with all protections turned off. Any
process, including the browser, can write to any part of the system at any
time.
A linux user can't catch a virus from a file because the linux hasn't
the ability to modify system files in order for the virus to propagate.
The linux user in the web browser can't install spyware that intercepts
network activity.
As a windows user, you just don't know any better.
.
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