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NoStop wrote:
On Thursday 15 June 2006 08:07 am, Alias had this to say in
microsoft.public.windowsxp.general:

NoStop wrote:
On Wednesday 14 June 2006 10:53 pm, Rhonda Lea Kirk had this to say in
microsoft.public.windowsxp.general:

Top-posting corrected:

PA Bear wrote:
Don Taylor wrote:
"PA Bear" writes:
The MSRT's doing a helluva job IMHO.
Download and read:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=47DDCFA9-645D-4495-9EDA-92CDE33E99A9&displaylang=en
Really. Here are just two examples of folks saying that THE
problem is MILLIONS of security hole Windows boxes flushing
the spam and fraud toilet at the net as fast as their little
DSL connection will go.
Read

http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/security/soa/ISPs_accused_of_ignoring_botnet_invasion/0,2000061744,39257307,00.htm
ISPs accused of ignoring botnet invasion
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Or
http://www.cotse.com/20050717.html
It's time ISP's were held accountable!
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Now how is it again that this thing that supposedly removes
malicious software from Windowscomputersdoing a fine job?
How many hundred of the pump-n-dump stock swindle spam
are you reporting to abuse addresses every month since this
broke out a few months ago? There appears to be no sign
that this iseven slowing down, even after I report a few
hundred of these each to Comcast and Verizon and SWBell and...
Every one of those is flushing out of a compromised DSL XP toilet.
So How Did I Get Infected Anyway?
http://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=27971
Most people run Windows (and IE) the way it comes right out of the
box,i.e., they are using the default settings from Microsoft.

IOW, I don't think you addressed the issue being raised here. The fact
that Microsoft is making an overwhelming contribution to the problem
would seem to indicate that Microsoft has a responsibility to help
eradicate the problem.

rl
Indeed it has that responsibility. The ONLY way MickeyMouse can correct
this situation is to rewrite its "operating system" from the ground up.
Historically its releases have been a patch quilt of old source code from
previous releases. Today, its o/s is kludged together with millions upon
millions of lines of source code - much of which goes back to a time
before Bill Gate$ learned the Internet existed. A facelift like Fista
WILL NOT solve the problem. Monthly patches WILL NOT solve the problem.
The world's wealthiest software developer needs to get off its fat a$$
and conjure up a completely new paradigm in its "operating system".

Until that time, Windoze computers should not be allowed to access the
Internet. The fact that it is pre-loaded on 90% of the world's computers
and out of the box is so wide open to abuse places the responsibility
directly on MickeyMouse's shoulders as you stated. Windoze users should
use their computers to run applications that don't need to access the
Net. For the times they want Net access, they should be running a real
operating system such as GNU/Linux or BSD or Solaris, etc. until such
time as MickeyMouse can put out a product that is safe for the Net.

I've used Windows on the Net since 97. No problems, no viruses, no
spyware, malware or adware. Soooo, you were saying?

Alias
Alias,

You're obvious proficient so I wasn't addressing people like you. What I
said was that out of the box, as packaged with new computers and sold to
newbies, Windoze is dangerous for the Net. Hence the number of hijacked
Windoze computers out there running bots that fill the net with spam and
other problems.


And a Linux, preinstalled, out of the box would be better for newbies is your contention or should people need a license to use a computer and need to pay for a course on computing before purchasing one? I'm afraid the cat is out of the bag on that one.

Alias
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