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The Real Problems
The real problems are:

1. The hackers and virus writers. There's no one forcing them to write code that invades other people's PCs or ties up their time in clearing out their mail boxes of the attempts to send them a worm. In my opinion they are criminals, each and every one.

2. The users who even after the amount of publicity that worms and viruses have had still go ahead and open these attachments. WHEN will they learn? I know that I got pissed at someone in my household one night and raised my voice (stopping short of really yelling) to emphasize my point "No, this is NOT a message from your brother. It's a message from a worm on his computer. There is no such thing as a person you can trust when you get a message with no personalization in it and it comes with an attachment.". She finally got the point.

OS vulnerabilities are third and last. Anything as complex as a major OS will have flaws. There's no excuse for not fixing them but I hold the people who write "exploits" as the most culpable.
Posted by: JimSatterfieldW   Posted on: 07/29/04 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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Classic!  Linux User 147560 | 07/28/04
catch-22 there in your logic  acaluya | 07/28/04
you are correct, but....  Monkey_MCSE | 07/28/04
Vunerability-Discovery-Patch-AV lifecycle  The King's Servant | 07/29/04
catch-23 in yours wink  michael-t | 07/28/04
A tad ridiculous  Jeff Spicoli | 07/28/04
You have a valid point but as a counter...  Linux User 147560 | 07/28/04
illogical  Jeff Spicoli | 07/28/04
I agree with Jeff. There, I've said it.  seosamh_z | 07/28/04
Why isp's won't do this:  CobraA1 | 07/28/04
What about trasparent proxing ?  ZXSpectrum | 07/31/04
2 Nits  tim__az | 07/28/04
You are correct  Linux User 147560 | 07/28/04
Too harsh  mjzalewski@... | 07/28/04
Speeding is allowed because of taxes  voska | 07/28/04
Funny, I know an ISP that does that  voska | 07/28/04
The Real Problems  JimSatterfieldW | 07/29/04
This places the blame  RedNek | 08/02/04
Yes!  bluescreen_z | 07/30/04
Forest for the trees  Bluesman Deluxe | 08/18/04
The ONLY way MicroSoft will EVER....  kd5auq | 07/28/04
You are probably right  uno@... | 07/29/04
Nice idea...But....  sma7769 | 07/29/04
And people just accept this?  Chad_z | 07/28/04
Apparently  seosamh_z | 07/28/04
sigh  M_c | 07/28/04
Why should users care?  OldeTimeGeek | 07/28/04
What is a PC  voska | 07/28/04
Outstanding!  wimbo_z | 07/28/04
HEY!!!!!  PA-ITGuy | 07/28/04
It's not that simple  mcunningham | 07/28/04
Why should users care?  DJnRF | 07/28/04
Yea?  wimbo_z | 07/28/04
Why They Accept It  TomGab | 07/28/04
True  uno@... | 07/29/04
Not true  The King's Servant | 07/29/04
XP SP2  jim-cacy@... | 07/28/04
Re: XP SP2  alterego_z | 07/28/04
How does business get done?  wimbo_z | 07/28/04
Everybody  michael-t | 07/28/04
Ok BallmerGates whatcha gonna do for the legacy ware  Squawkbox | 07/28/04
Linux - Because a 386 is a terrible thing to waste.  The King's Servant | 07/29/04
Windows OR Linux ???? that is the question  vbp1 | 07/29/04
To MS: secure your patches  PhilippeV | 07/30/04

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