Re: Windows Vista = Over 180 million licenses sold

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rasmasyean wrote:
Yeah-whatever;782088 Wrote:
Sinner wrote:> > >
"rasmasyean" <guest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message

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Sinner;781952 Wrote:
That statement is actually wrong, btw. Much of Vista was built with
the lessons learned from XP regarding security. I think that’s what
the
replier was intending to say. If, however, you are accusing the
Vista
developers of doing a horrible job regarding this aspect, then
you’ll
have to provide some evidence of this. As of today it still stands
that
Vista IS more secure than XP. Vista 64 is even more secure.


I hope your evidence isn't the number people complaining viruses,
worms,
trojans, etc., in these newsgroups. Just because Vista makes you
click a
button a couple of extra times before it will do what you've
requested,
doesn't make it more secure.

Funny you should mention that. I removed a Trojan off a Vista
computer
this evening. LOL, he said he NEVER got any sort of warning at all
when
it installed it's self. Yep, really secure. Oh, and I removed
Norton's
Internet Security and installed Avast. Norton didn't catch "Jack."

Cheers

I don't think anyone would say that Vista is immune to viruses. Just
be because you got one doesn't prove anything as many people get viruses
trojans spyware, etc. 50 caliber machine gun bullets go through
soldiers armor. Does that mean soldier armor is "not secure" so they
shouldn't wear it? ROFL!

Here's the description of the security enhancements. Take it for what
you will, man.

'Windows Vista - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia'
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Vista)
http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/winvista_ff_x64.asp

And if you don't like the warning pop-ups, just turn it off. You can
do that, too.



Hehe, It wasn't MY computer but a clients. After reading many unfounded claims of Vista's security, I have to laugh, and occasionally comment. AND turning off warnings is a good idea for the general user? As they tend to become less frequent with normal usage for many people, there is no reason to turn it off. I counsel my clients to pay attention to what they are/were doing when a warning pops up and act accordingly with their response. If they are not sure, the best action is to deny and call to find out if it's ok or not for the next time. Anyway, I have cleaned my share of crap of of Vista machines. (Already)

In the end, no matter what OS you use, one must practice "safe hex," have a good AV installed and up to date... LOL, and as I read in the previous post in this thread, use like 13+ root kit checkers, plus spyware scanners, spyware blockers etc. Yep real secure. Oh, and I really don't care about more secure than another, it should be designed as close to bullet-proof as possible. <sigh>, but nothing is nor will be perfect. ...YET anyway. What I don't like is people painting a pretty Vista security picture. It's still quite vulnerable.

I have and use Vista Ultimate, practice very safe hex, have and keep an anti virus up to date. No probs on mine so far... Well as far as virus problems go. Other problems, well that's another story. (But not too bad)


G'day
.

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