Re: ***** sp2 bREAKS eVERYTHING!!!!! *****
From: Nathan McNulty (nospam_at_msn.com)
Date: 09/06/04
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Date: Mon, 06 Sep 2004 00:16:58 -0700
On the flipside, if people weren't selfish and searched for and
exploited security holes, we wouldn't have these problems either. What
I am talking about here is the P2P networks that people download "music"
from only to find out it was a .mp3.vbs file that infected their
computer. Or maybe the dialogue box that is all too familiar that asks
if you wish to install some software program on demand from IE which has
even been bypassed by some malware. To aggrivate the situation further,
many of these programs/viruses are set up to download and install more
malware and viruses.
I would like to point out both my father and my grandparents who none of
them know how to even install a software program. None of them have yet
to get a virus or spyware program installed. I configured their systems
with my settings, an antivirus, and a firewall. They do nothing but
email and word processing. These tasks are usually not what get you
infected (unless you use Outlook (either flavor)) which is more prone to
viruses than online email.
---- Nathan McNulty Barry Oakley wrote: > Nathan McNulty <nospam@msn.com> wrote on Fri, 3 Sep 2004: > >> The problem doesn't point to the software, but more often the user and >> junk they have allowed on their computer. Don't blame SP2 when you >> can't take care of your computer. > > > I was with one user the other day, a retired lady barrister. She said > "Why are things so difficult? I only want to be able to send e-mails to > my friends in Australia. All these viruses and things are making me > think about going back to faxes!" > > When you post things like "but more often the user and the junk they > have allowed on their computer" you need to remember that MS have > created a mass market piece of software and encouraged the non-technical > user to use it. Unfortunately it is so riddled with security holes, > that the average non-technical user is incapable of using it > effectively. Now SP2 comes along and more or less forces its way onto > their systems, systems that are likely to be full of viruses, and the > result is all too predictable. > > It is not the user that "allows" junk on their computer - it is the > 'operating system'.
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