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Sounds like my experience with Windows.
AS a matter of fact the first thing I did when I got this new PC was remove the A/V software. Been running A/V free since day one back in 1990.
Posted by: ye   Posted on: 05/16/08 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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yes, yes. yes  exxtraz | 05/16/08
You are 100% right  NonZealot | 05/16/08
Mostly true but...  gfeier | 05/16/08
I've had the same experience with Windows and Linux  NonZealot | 05/16/08
I see that you , like L.D. have finally embraced LINUX ,,,  AdventTech67 | 05/16/08
Not exactly...  gfeier | 05/18/08
Same here  Your Mom 2.0 | 05/22/08
Sounds like my experience with Windows.  ye | 05/16/08
I assume it was not connected...  Solid Water | 05/16/08
Both examples are almost four years old and...  ye | 05/17/08
Better still, use Linux  hasta la Vista, bah-bie | 05/20/08
since day one of Vista  Khyron | 05/19/08
Corporate America?s rejection of Vista  Ole Man | 05/19/08
Try this...  Cayble | 05/19/08
This Dude is a SERIOUS Windows Junkie  swbobcat | 05/19/08
This DUDE is a SERIOUS Apple Jack  Cayble | 05/22/08
And you're not...  olePigeon | 05/16/08
Don't give facts to the Zealot...  Bruizer | 05/17/08
Oh, don't worry about that..  msalzberg | 05/18/08
Great Believer in "Truthiness", is Our MicroShaft Bigot Zealot!  drprod@... | 05/19/08
Two wrongs...  mdsock@... | 05/19/08
See how they pay you no mind?  tikigawd | 05/20/08
Pay you no mind  Axsimulate | 05/20/08
Message has been deleted.  labarker | 05/19/08
We'll see  LiquidLearner | 05/16/08
sorry  Khyron | 05/19/08
No system is idiot-proof...  jdickey | 05/20/08
Apple takes the Zen approach to reliability issues  jlafitte | 05/19/08
So fire the network admin!  winski | 05/20/08
It's a cat and mouse game  tikigawd | 05/20/08
BLAME THE USERS?  WATKINS12@... | 05/19/08
Apple can't afford to blame users  labarker | 05/19/08
"Not technically minded"  tikigawd | 05/20/08
Of course, is not MS fault  theo_durcan | 05/16/08
Don't get too smug my friend  klumper | 05/16/08
May I ask you to enlight the community?  Solid Water | 05/16/08
Enlightened  klumper | 05/17/08
Just to enlighten me further....  TtfnJohn | 05/19/08
Enlightened further  klumper | 05/20/08
Simple Rights  SpatsnHats | 06/14/08
I've got two of them in my basement...  jlafitte | 05/19/08
Looks like it's the other way around  Ole Man | 05/19/08
Vista Security Problems Due to Users  gpronger | 05/16/08
Not Lower - Just Different  zenwalker | 05/16/08
can you tell...  Khyron | 05/19/08
Keeping secrets doesn't work  masonwheeler | 05/19/08
MS invented ActiveX and knew it was insecure  ThePrairiePrankster | 05/16/08
Back when ActiveX was created...  DevGuy_z | 05/16/08
Now, instead of running as admin, they disable UAC, which is the same thing  CobraA1 | 05/16/08
ActiveX born 1996 (says wikipedia)  deaf_e_kate | 05/17/08
RE: Microsoft blames users for Vista infections  computergeek289 | 05/16/08
Poor User Behavior?  chuck@... | 05/16/08
Factually incorrect  NonZealot | 05/16/08
A small problem with your logic  bobd08 | 05/21/08
Please, please, please point out how Windows is inherently insecure!  ye | 05/16/08
ActiveX is inherently insecure by design  ThePrairiePrankster | 05/16/08
"Can be" and "inherently designed" to be are two different...  ye | 05/16/08
ActiveX was designed without security in mind  deaf_e_kate | 05/17/08
Can you expand upon this?  ye | 05/17/08
Yes he can  Ole Man | 05/17/08
All or nothing proposition  davidsarmstrong | 05/19/08
"ActiveX" isn't the problem. It's badly written controls that are.  Larry Osterman | 05/18/08
Where have you been?  deaf_e_kate | 05/17/08
I've been around.  ye | 05/17/08
You must not have been around that long.  B.O.F.H. | 05/17/08
Been around far longer than NT 3.51.  ye | 05/17/08
Ok, I'll bite.  davidsarmstrong | 05/19/08
Strawman...  BFD | 05/16/08
RE: Microsoft blames users for Vista infections  Minh Tran | 05/16/08
road analogy  Hmmm. . . | 05/16/08
Can you demonstrate the MS roads are any worse than the Apple or Linux...  ye | 05/16/08
Yes.  nizuse | 05/16/08
Yes Ye  theo_durcan | 05/16/08
and yes again  theo_durcan | 05/16/08
for now...  tikigawd | 05/20/08
I would....  bobd08 | 05/21/08
and again, Yes  theo_durcan | 05/16/08
Nor is it on Windows. And since I am a Mac user...  ye | 05/16/08
Might want to pull back a bit  klumper | 05/16/08
RE: ...since I am a Mac user...  n0neXn0ne | 05/16/08
Go figure...  ye | 05/16/08
Can't resist  davidsarmstrong | 05/19/08
Great job proving the article's point  Real World | 05/16/08
RE: Microsoft blames users for Vista infections  rag@... | 05/16/08
Of course!  Jeremy W | 05/16/08
Yeah, I see a pattern....  James T. Kirk | 05/16/08
450 million uses of Microsoft's Malicious Software Removal Tool  Jeremy W | 05/16/08
re: 450 million uses  Badgered | 05/16/08
Shhhh.  James T. Kirk | 05/16/08
Strawman...  BFD | 05/16/08
Who's Complacent?  greg@... | 05/16/08
To everyone frothing @ the mouth over this....  JoeMama_z | 05/16/08
LOL  James T. Kirk | 05/16/08
On Zdnet..  Kaiwai | 05/16/08
RE:On Zdnet..  n0neXn0ne | 05/16/08
Who the hell claimed that  Kaiwai | 05/16/08
RE: Who the hell claimed...  n0neXn0ne | 05/16/08
Your analogy is flawed  Ole Man | 05/17/08
Your understanding of the issue is flawed....  JoeMama_z | 05/17/08
Let me make myself perfectly clear  Ole Man | 05/18/08
Let me make myself perfectly clear  Gregory.J.Bradley@... | 05/19/08
Is running a command (or whatever) in Wine  Ole Man | 05/19/08
I'm not sure you made yourself clear...  *Gman* | 05/19/08
I'm not sure you know the definition of clear  Ole Man | 05/19/08
RE: To everyone frothing ...  n0neXn0ne | 05/16/08
And how would any of those things  JoeMama_z | 05/16/08
Awfully quiet over here....  JoeMama_z | 05/16/08
Most people don't like to argue with a stump  Ole Man | 05/17/08
Hence the reason I rarely respond to you.  ye | 05/17/08
What made you do it this time?  Ole Man | 05/17/08
Complex solutions to a complex problem.  ye | 05/16/08
@JoeMama_z  n0neXn0ne | 05/16/08
I'd pull back if I were you  klumper | 05/16/08
Linux protects dumb users  Don Collins | 05/16/08
... so does windows  crazymollusc@... | 05/19/08
Not according to Microsoft  Ole Man | 05/19/08
Tis true!  Ole Man | 05/19/08
Awfully quiet over here?  JoeMama_z | 05/16/08
Always is awfully quite  Ole Man | 05/17/08
Well, that's what happens when users disable UAC (nt)  CobraA1 | 05/16/08
There is a saying:  User07734 | 05/17/08
"Linux gets security black eye"  ye | 05/17/08
It's a Debian black eye...  Henry Miller | 05/17/08
LOL! Gotta love you Linux advocates!  ye | 05/17/08
It's nice to be appreciated,  Henry Miller | 05/17/08
To which OP are you referring?  ye | 05/18/08
I'm referring to your comment..  Henry Miller | 05/18/08
@Henry Miller: What about my comment?  ye | 05/18/08
I'm a Debian user  Ole Man | 05/18/08
As it happens....  TtfnJohn | 05/19/08
Yeah and take a look at who it effects..  bobd08 | 05/21/08
RE: Microsoft blames users for Vista infections  richvball44 | 05/17/08
RE: Microsoft blames users for Vista infections  Henry Miller | 05/17/08
Drat... pushed the wrong button! (nt)  Henry Miller | 05/17/08
Who's jumping who's screaming....  JoeMama_z | 05/17/08
The silence is all the answer you need happy  ye | 05/18/08
Waste of Time  X41 | 05/18/08
I'll take it under advisement.  ye | 05/18/08
So says  tikigawd | 05/20/08
Nobody is responding  Ole Man | 05/18/08
thats easy....  JoeMama_z | 05/19/08
Are you actually saying?  Ole Man | 05/19/08
yes i am....  JoeMama_z | 05/20/08
I relent to you lack of coherence  Ole Man | 05/20/08
keep dancing around the questions....  JoeMama_z | 05/20/08
I'll let you have this one  Ole Man | 05/23/08
So says  tikigawd | 05/20/08
Are you a question?  Ole Man | 05/20/08
Users Blame Microsoft For Vista  chessmen | 05/18/08
User blame snake oil salesmen for  Boot_Agnostic | 05/19/08
RE: Microsoft blames users for Vista infections  darkmoonman | 05/19/08
RE: Microsoft blames users for Vista infections  sborsher | 05/19/08
RE: Microsoft blames users for Vista infections  skiextreme2 | 05/19/08
RE: Microsoft blames users for Vista infections  casachs | 05/19/08
Straight up!  mikeholli | 05/19/08
RE: Microsoft blames users for Vista infections  bearlyworking | 05/19/08
RE: Microsoft blames users for Vista infections  pdwarren | 05/19/08
Is Vista unreliability really just the sound of one hand typing? happy  jlafitte | 05/19/08
RE: Microsoft blames users for Vista infections  Windowns | 05/19/08
Microsoft evangelist?  bsaunders43 | 05/19/08
Microsoft is right!  lukbut_1 | 05/19/08
RE: Microsoft blames users for Vista infections  toddah | 05/19/08
Ah, yes let's kill the messenger...  mikifinaz1@... | 05/19/08
good quote  reclaim25 | 05/19/08
"thats why it has the largest Market Share"  Ole Man | 05/19/08
waaaaa waaaaaaaa  JoeMama_z | 05/20/08
Don't cry, little one  Ole Man | 05/23/08
RE: Microsoft blames users for Vista infections  reclaim25 | 05/19/08
RE: Microsoft blames users for Vista infections  reclaim25 | 05/19/08
RE: Microsoft blames users for Vista infections  C. A. Clark | 05/19/08
RE: Microsoft blames users for Vista infections  drprod@... | 05/19/08
RE: Microsoft blames users for Vista infections  stanj.miranda@... | 05/19/08
RE: Microsoft blames users for Vista infections  rgmorris@... | 05/19/08
RE: Microsoft blames the victim  tpatriarche@... | 05/19/08
Here's an idea  bobd08 | 05/19/08
That was just a marketing ploy  Ole Man | 05/19/08
Yeah...  tikigawd | 05/20/08
Surely you can do better than that?  Ole Man | 05/20/08
RE: Microsoft blames users for Vista infections  atari8bit@... | 05/19/08
Wow! 164 posts and nobody gets it!  kingmph@... | 05/19/08
Oh my!  tikigawd | 05/20/08
It's oh so easy to see  Ole Man | 05/20/08
No Problems Here  CharlesEtheridge@... | 05/19/08
Do the math  drutledge@... | 05/19/08
RE: Microsoft blames users for Vista infections  muffzima@... | 05/19/08
RE: Microsoft blames users for Vista infections  crazymollusc@... | 05/19/08
"how do you get any software to run?"  Ole Man | 05/19/08
User Error is the Biggest Factor  mrdood_99205@... | 05/19/08
RE: Microsoft blames users for Vista infections  crazymollusc@... | 05/19/08
Wow! You mean it's finally sinking in?  Ole Man | 05/19/08
Adult Web sites Warez sites = you deserve infection  pcguy777 | 05/19/08
face it.it is users fault  billw1234 | 05/19/08
Microsoft is dead WRONG and dishonest  estonijaan | 05/19/08
Blame the USERS!!!!  swbobcat | 05/19/08
RE: Microsoft blames users for Vista infections  lukbut_1 | 05/19/08
RE: Microsoft blames users for Vista infections  swbobcat | 05/19/08
Did you make this up?  tomaras@... | 05/20/08
...  Linux User 147560 | 05/20/08
This is NOT made up  Ole Man | 05/20/08
RE: Microsoft blames users for Vista infections  sboyce@... | 05/20/08
RE: Microsoft blames users for Vista infections  oldsteamer | 05/20/08
RE: Microsoft blames users for Vista infections  winski | 05/20/08
RE: Microsoft blames users for Vista infections  as901 | 05/20/08
RE: Microsoft blames users for Vista infections  rdhalsteatzd | 05/20/08
RE: Microsoft blames users for Vista infections  d.s.williams | 05/21/08
RE: Microsoft blames users for Vista infections  corbinsdad@... | 05/21/08
An honest opinion  void_ivan@... | 05/21/08

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