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RE: Give me one good reason not to just move them all to Linux
As a roaming tech helper and trainer, I completely concur. Over the past few years, I have moved quite a few of my clients to Mac or Linux and they couldn't be happier. And lately, the infestation of fake security software has been insane...and as you say, on well protected system. Users are just too tempted by advertisements and not very selective about clicking on search results no matter how much you try to educate them on prevention.
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RE: Give me one good reason not to just move them all to Linux  rick@... | 09/09/09
Social engineering will always work on stupid users.  Confused by religion | 09/10/09
Anything that prompts for admin rights is going to be more secure. nt  T1Oracle | 09/10/09
Tell that to my friend whose computer I spent 2 days cleaning up,,,  Confused by religion | 09/10/09
Key words: "he willingly installed"  ye | 09/10/09
Have to agree there....  storm14k | 09/10/09
My point exactly in my original reply...  Confused by religion | 09/10/09
My apologies.  ye | 09/10/09
APT and repositories help a little  balaknair | 09/23/09
You are right- Users are clueless  ereal_2000@... | 09/25/09
All I know is  T1Oracle | 09/10/09
seriously dude...  sunworks | 09/11/09
Do you work in IT?  daengbo | 09/24/09
The problem is...  kaninelupus | 09/25/09
Switch them to OS X  NonZealot | 09/09/09
Rolls eyes...  jeremychappell | 09/24/09
It -is- education, right?  wolftalamasca | 09/26/09
Linux in a HS chem lab  ejmzdnet | 09/29/09
RE: Give me one good reason not to just move them all to Linux  CPavlidis | 09/09/09
Christopher : Perhaps a few machines that people are free to screw up?  fr0thy2 | 09/09/09
Likewise - Active Directory  mathew.gauvin@... | 09/10/09
RE: Give me one good reason not to just move them all to Linux  sjatzdnet | 09/09/09
Untested theory  T1Oracle | 09/10/09
So?  Mectron | 09/10/09
The vulnerability will be patched faster. nt  T1Oracle | 09/10/09
Unfortunately  kaninelupus | 09/25/09
This is already possible with Windows.  ye | 09/10/09
White List!!!  jeremychappell | 09/24/09
Really?  sporkfighter | 10/08/09
The reason why Linux is secure  patibulo | 09/09/09
IIS FTP....  storm14k | 09/10/09
Software repositories are not the answer.  ye | 09/10/09
I agree, in part  balaknair | 09/23/09
Repositories are trusted sources.  sporkfighter | 10/08/09
Default Permission Settings is the issue  padasali@... | 09/10/09
The problem with that is...  kaninelupus | 09/25/09
Linux is my secure by design, not market share  b12sklfck | 09/24/09
Raw Connectivity vs. Web  istari2ve2002@... | 09/24/09
Platform dependent, obviously  b12sklfck | 09/25/09
I'm sorry but . . .  sporkfighter | 10/08/09
RE: Give me one good reason not to just move them all to Linux  Louis Ross Focke | 09/10/09
Well  jdbukis@... | 09/10/09
Re: Well  JT82 | 09/10/09
What?!  jeremychappell | 09/24/09
Details please.  ye | 09/10/09
So far . . .  sporkfighter | 10/08/09
What?  epaval@... | 09/10/09
re: your argument  tmsbrdrs | 09/24/09
Hmmm... who to laugh at?  kaninelupus | 09/25/09
So many words  akulkis | 09/29/09
Tip: single boot for the skilled users, dual boot for the rest (NT)  pjotr123 | 09/10/09
The desktop was breached on Microsoft's watch  TriangleDoor | 09/10/09
Sorry  jdbukis@... | 09/10/09
Take sorry back  dgrainge | 09/10/09
Windows: inconsistency, and conflicting design goals  overnout | 09/10/09
You two need to learn a little Windows history before commenting.  ye | 09/11/09
Let's not even talk about ACLs  NonZealot | 09/11/09
I've been trying to be nice to them about this and have left it out...  ye | 09/11/09
ACLs?  jeremychappell | 09/24/09
You may be right.  TriangleDoor | 09/11/09
Where does much of the Malware Vulnerabilites come from now?  bobiroc | 09/11/09
They are enforcing it. And ABMers began to whine that it was too...  ye | 09/11/09
...they're all essentially the same  theo_durcan | 09/24/09
History not just of the procedures, but of practice  overnout | 09/11/09
Nonsense  jeremychappell | 09/24/09
Third party problem enabled by MS  b12sklfck | 09/24/09
Have to agree  istari2ve2002@... | 09/24/09
Hardly  jeremychappell | 09/24/09
Do you have anything relevant to say.....  Lester Young | 09/10/09
The two arguably worst worms so far...  TriangleDoor | 09/11/09
Don't get me started Chris  D. T. Schmitz | 09/10/09
Here are good reasons not to  s_souche | 09/10/09
Right  bobiroc | 09/10/09
As to your first reason  IT_User | 09/10/09
Yes  bobiroc | 09/10/09
You say that like it's a good thing!  sporkfighter | 09/23/09
"despite the GUI changes"  balaknair | 09/23/09
You don't change as much  s_souche | 09/10/09
Your first is subjective  IT_User | 09/10/09
Disguised or hidden?  bobiroc | 09/11/09
Err  jeremychappell | 09/24/09
Do it already! You've been going on and on about this for over a year.  ye | 09/10/09
But it is..  bobiroc | 09/10/09
It's obvious most people suffering from malware...  ye | 09/10/09
Lots of Malware  bobiroc | 09/10/09
You brushed over the problem....  storm14k | 09/10/09
I am not sure  bobiroc | 09/10/09
Good luck  kcredden2 | 09/10/09
Chris, maybe you should be paying more attention to...  r.u.FED.up.2 | 09/10/09
Long story, but to summarize it:  CounterEthicsCommissioner-23034636492738337469105860790963 | 09/10/09
Like I said...  r.u.FED.up.2 | 09/10/09
Long story: the essence  CounterEthicsCommissioner-23034636492738337469105860790963 | 09/10/09
p.s.  CounterEthicsCommissioner-23034636492738337469105860790963 | 09/10/09
Well, there you go.  r.u.FED.up.2 | 09/15/09
fff what a long reply. Tip: be careful when pressing 'enter'  CounterEthicsCommissioner-23034636492738337469105860790963 | 10/04/09
Still using ClamAV are we?  wolf_z | 09/10/09
RE: Give me one good reason not to just move them all to Linux  victor@... | 09/10/09
With proper security it does  bobiroc | 09/10/09
Don't know how applicable it is to your environment...  Henry Miller | 09/10/09
RE: Give me one good reason not to just move them all to Linux  super_J | 09/10/09
And Its Fun Too  jabailo1 | 09/10/09
Maybe you should ask yourself  GuidingLight | 09/10/09
RE: Give me one good reason not to just move them all to Linux  riverab@... | 09/10/09
It doesn't appear we're going to get one.  ye | 09/11/09
White list in squid. Plus  bjbrock | 09/10/09
Because then you'll have nothing to b*tch and moan about in your blog?  James T. Kirk | 09/10/09
2 or 3 options really....  JM1981 | 09/10/09
1 Reason? You'd be fired...  Arapey | 09/10/09
Still using IBM?  TripleII | 09/10/09
Just do it.  ajole | 09/10/09
Wrong question  nilotpal_c | 09/10/09
RE: Give me one good reason not to just move them all to Linux  marcoquiriconi | 09/10/09
The inevitability of change...  SpikeyMike | 09/10/09
As long as most of whichever apps you use  JM1981 | 09/10/09
Give em clay tablets and sticks  tonymcs@... | 09/10/09
Wake up, dude.....  cdiazh | 09/10/09
It's all about you  tonymcs@... | 09/10/09
All the Linux security vulnerability patches would overwhelm you  Johnny Vegas | 09/10/09
Keeping a Linux system up-to-date is a breeze  overnout | 09/10/09
YAPIT attempt  deaf_e_kate | 09/11/09
better security apps  Varus18 | 09/10/09
RE: Give me one good reason not to just move them all to Linux  photomstr@... | 09/11/09
RE: Give me one good reason not to just move them all to Linux  jfreedle2@... | 09/11/09
re above  homeblend | 09/11/09
Try LinuxMint?  mathew.gauvin@... | 09/11/09
Wow an actual Linux Flavor  bobiroc | 09/11/09
Because no single solution is best for all users  JonathonDoe | 09/11/09
RE: Give me one good reason not to just move them all to Linux  dhansel@... | 09/14/09
If a web browser is all they need and you can handle authentication  roaming | 09/15/09
RE: Give me one good reason not to just move them all to Linux  NCWeber | 09/23/09
Just browser eh?  aaaa123354 | 09/23/09
OK, please answer me this . . .  pikeman666 | 09/23/09
About 500 gig.  sporkfighter | 09/23/09
Drive space for Ubuntu...  chemist109 | 09/24/09
RE: Give me one good reason not to just move them all to Linux  dmouse9499@... | 09/23/09
Chris only loves Linux (who cares?)  Randalllind | 09/24/09
Works for my brother....  jjourard | 09/24/09
One word - Drivers  wafortin@... | 09/24/09
No drivers?  akulkis | 09/29/09
you said it yourself.  rtk | 09/29/09
Move them to Linux if you can, Chris  lyndaj70@... | 09/24/09
Move them all to Linux...save the taxpayers money too  twessels@... | 09/24/09
RE: Give me one good reason not to just move them all to Linux  NeoGraven | 09/24/09
RE: Give me one good reason not to just move them all to Linux  dleon63 | 09/24/09
MS Office Suite can run under Linux  vorell | 09/24/09
RE: Give me one good reason not to just move them all to Linux  enawn | 09/24/09
RE: Give me one good reason not to just move them all to Linux  techie1411@... | 09/24/09
RE: Give me one good reason not to just move them all to Linux  Bilmekanikeren | 09/24/09
RE: Give me one good reason not to just move them all to Linux  Goldcds | 09/24/09
RE: Give me one good reason not to just move them all to Linux  bryantwalley | 09/24/09
Re: Why *nix instead of Linux?  erasmusp@... | 09/25/09
kaninelupus: Why *nix instead of Linux?  erasmusp@... | 09/25/09
RE: Give me one good reason not to just move them all to Linux  kb5898 | 09/27/09
Even Stranger  mejohnsn | 09/28/09
Try openSUSE.  akulkis | 09/29/09
RE: Give me one good reason not to just move them all to Linux  gabrielbear@... | 10/01/09
Author's last paragraph, exactly so...  aaronchall@... | 10/05/09
The problem with trojans . . .  CobraA1 | 10/09/09
ZDnet recycling articles...again  gnesterenko | 10/09/09

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