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Windows users unprotected against viruses
toadlife:
--- Quote from: WMD ---So then you switch to another OS again. And the cycle continues... :D
But seriously, everyone always says that if Linux had Windows's marketshare, it would have lots of viruses. But that idea misses something - how about nothing has such a marketshare? I'm really interested in knowing what the threat would be in Windows, Linux, and Mac OS were each given a third.
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This is just the opinion of a "Microsoft shill", but...
I think all three would have malware problems, but they wouldn't all be equal. For example, right now, if WinXP/Linux/MacOSX all had 33.333% marketshare, Windows would have worse problems because they all run as admin users. Linux and Mac users would still get their boxes rooted sometimes - but only the real dumb ones who type in their admin/root password when the malware asks for it would have it happen to them.
The Linux security spokesperson would place blame the users and say they should have been running firefox chrooted/sandboxed (after all it only takes a forty minutes to set up using the fifty-two page HOTO at the linux doc project wensite) while visiting sites like butt.crack.ru.
The Apple security spokesperson would tell the Apple users that the malware problems they were experiencing really didn't exist, but if they were still concerned about security they could upgrade to the upcoming OSX 10.1.3.5.1 "Antelope" for only $199 which includes "thousands of extra security featues".
The Windows security spokesperson would remind it's users of it's "continued focus on the security of is products" and to advise all users that while they are waiting for the scheduled patch in 26 days, they could visit and follow the simple thirty-seven step workaround found in KB article "KB7621375122422" at Microsoft.com.
The only precedent we have as far as a non MS desktop OS being afected by viruses was Apple back when they still had a 15% marketrshare. If 15% markethshare is enough, then I would think 33% would be more than plenty.
toadlife:
--- Quote from: worker201 ---Interesting turn of events - by using Linux, I am helping my mother's Windows computer become more secure. More of you people need to switch to Linux - eventually, my mother will have a spyware-free environment.
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No, by switching your mothers computer to linux, it would be a spyware-free enviroment.
piratePenguin:
--- Quote from: ReggieMicheals ---And then developers of spyware will switch to the linux platform amd then you have the same problems with linux that you had with windows...
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Except it wouldn't be so bad because there would be less cracked boxes (less super-GNU/Linux-users browsing the web), and because there is a really really good firewall that some people/distros might make use of and because some people/distros might make use of SELinux to make sure Firefox can't write to/read from fuck all.
H_TeXMeX_H:
--- Quote from: piratePenguin ---Except it wouldn't be so bad because there would be less cracked boxes (less super-GNU/Linux-users browsing the web), and because there is a really really good firewall that some people/distros might make use of and because some people/distros might make use of SELinux to make sure Firefox can't write to/read from fuck all.
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... good point :thumbup:
... and everyone ... what is Microsoft Winblow$ firewall worth (value wise) ? ... about as much as a bucket of dog shit !
worker201:
--- Quote from: toadlife ---No, by switching your mothers computer to linux, it would be a spyware-free enviroment.
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Alas, my mother can barely handle Windows. Linux would probably send her to an early grave.
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