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be honest....
I wont debate that windows has flaws, in fact lets even start with an OS with "perfect" code, pristine, no flaws, no "features" no nothing.

how do you stop a program from setting up a rouge SMTP server, a remote control backdoor, and a key logger, yet still have a usable system?

YOU CAN'T, it cannot be done, security products attempt to do things that the masses cannot (like discern good software from bad). As long as grandma can install or execute code, we will require security software.

I run windows, i don't use anti virus, i do periodic scans with an online scanner. In 10 years of computer usage i have never had a detectable virus/rootkit. I did get spyware once but that was mose intentional than anything (curiosity killed the cat).

If you think switching platforms is going to remove the need for security products you are sorely mistaken.

- Sam
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the start of MS subscription based apps  cuboctahedron2004 | 02/06/06
FUD!!  NonZealot | 02/06/06
Well said.  A_Pickle | 02/06/06
Not completely  Fred Fredrickson | 02/06/06
I think you are FUDding yourself.  osreinstall | 02/06/06
Not entirely FUD.  olePigeon | 02/07/06
Entirely FUD  NonZealot | 02/07/06
Um..  Patrick Jones | 02/07/06
English is your second language?  NonZealot | 02/07/06
So,  Patrick Jones | 02/08/06
Well, there is this....  tic swayback | 02/07/06
Speculation  NonZealot | 02/07/06
Something to keep an eye on  tic swayback | 02/07/06
Then Apple is even less competitive right now  NonZealot | 02/07/06
I dare suggest no such thing  tic swayback | 02/07/06
HUGE difference!!  NonZealot | 02/07/06
Still doesn't make it okay  tic swayback | 02/07/06
Now you are getting desperate  NonZealot | 02/07/06
boing boing = Goners!  osreinstall | 02/07/06
When did violating the law become a concern?  tic swayback | 02/07/06
I always thought it was.  osreinstall | 02/07/06
"Business as usual" doesn't mean it's right  tic swayback | 02/07/06
No it doesn't, so don't focus too hard on MS.  osreinstall | 02/07/06
kinda off topic but.....  JoeMama_z | 02/06/06
Panda?  A_Pickle | 02/06/06
naw....  JoeMama_z | 02/06/06
Abusing their users  georgep_z | 02/06/06
Why don't you pose it to an Attorney General  Boot_Agnostic | 02/08/06
Who will you trust?  kda@... | 02/06/06
be honest....  JoeMama_z | 02/06/06
Love em', but...  314 | 02/07/06
not even close....  JoeMama_z | 02/07/06

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