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Chalk up another win for Vista.
All the vulnerabilities affecting the desktop OS are mitigated through standard user rights and Protected Mode.
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Chalk up another win for Vista.  ye | 07/14/09
what about netbooks?  ~doolittle~ | 07/14/09
Not at all.  ye | 07/14/09
that is for sure  ~doolittle~ | 07/14/09
Well, here's your solution for XP. No more security issues......  xuniL_z | 07/15/09
good solution  ~doolittle~ | 07/15/09
better...  scorchgeek | 07/15/09
@ scorch  ariesghost | 07/15/09
Excellent idea, scorchgeek  Wintel BSOD | 07/16/09
Thats odd...  JT82 | 07/15/09
Stupid is as stupid does  ~doolittle~ | 07/15/09
True...  JT82 | 07/15/09
Re; Stupid is as stupid does . .  hkommedal | 07/15/09
You say that like it is a bad thing.  B.O.F.H. | 07/14/09
a step backwards  ~doolittle~ | 07/14/09
Windows 7 IS lite  NStalnecker | 07/14/09
Let's hope they get it right  ~doolittle~ | 07/15/09
Then they dont understand the point of a netbook..  JT82 | 07/15/09
Re; "average user" expectation of a netbook . .  hkommedal | 07/15/09
Windows 7 won't run on my Netbook...  914four | 07/17/09
Modular Windows ?  Agnostic_OS | 07/15/09
Re; Modular Windows ? . . . Shame on you !  hkommedal | 07/15/09
What malware? I run Linux. Thank you.  nizuse | 07/14/09
Just like Windows.  ye | 07/15/09
No he doesn't  Loverock Davidson | 07/15/09
If U don't have AV, how do you know?  UsersRevil | 07/15/09
Linux Has More Native Security Than Windows  nbahn | 07/15/09
Re; Linux Has More Native Security Than Windows . .  hkommedal | 07/15/09
Additional  Agnostic_OS | 07/15/09
antivirus in linux  Tom6 | 07/16/09
Better hope Linux never gets market share  baileysc | 07/15/09
If I may (respectfully, of course) disagree with you...  nbahn | 07/15/09
Re; then please do not hesitate to correct me.  hkommedal | 07/15/09
Re; The more market share Linux gets, the more you are . .  hkommedal | 07/15/09
Its a catch 22  baileysc | 07/16/09
linux/unix security  Tom6 | 07/16/09
Security  eqpc | 08/08/09
Re; What malware? I run Linux . . So do I when . .  hkommedal | 07/15/09
So, in other words....  bjbrock | 07/15/09
Oh please!  ye | 07/15/09
Re; OTOH I don't think you can...which is why . .  hkommedal | 07/15/09
The reason why it gets annoying is...  awasson@... | 07/15/09
Re; The reason why it gets annoying is . .  hkommedal | 07/15/09
RE: MS Patch Tuesday: 9 bulletins, 6 rated critical  jamesrayg | 07/15/09
If there were 10,000 Fort Knox's, they'd all be insecure  whisperycat | 07/15/09
HOW!!! Please...will you be the one to answer this question?  ye | 07/15/09
"I keep hearing this yet noone has been able to explain how"  nizuse | 07/15/09
Ah, the old "just because" explanation  mgp3 | 07/15/09
If anything, I would think the argument  goff256 | 07/15/09
main reason Linux is secure, besides small user base.  pfyearwood | 07/15/09
Re; Just don't sit here and believe that you're unbiased.  hkommedal | 07/15/09
RootUser OpenSource Bliss  Tom6 | 07/16/09
I'll answer  anothercanuck | 07/18/09
Really, more secure?  GuidingLight | 07/15/09
You can't give two examples  nizuse | 07/15/09
He said viruses  goff256 | 07/15/09
Ok, no problem  GuidingLight | 07/15/09
One thing ABMers fail to understand is this:  In-Action Man | 07/15/09
HA!  nbahn | 07/15/09
This is the type of thing I was looking for!  goff256 | 07/15/09
It is not always that easy to find, is it. However remember:  hkommedal | 07/15/09
Re; Leaving a system unpatched for six years?  hkommedal | 07/15/09
Those links stated that the servers in question were long overdue . .  hkommedal | 07/15/09
Re; Linux is inherently more secure against viruses by design.  hkommedal | 07/15/09
It doesn't need the market share  Loverock Davidson | 07/15/09
telnet is needed to admin windows server  ~doolittle~ | 07/15/09
Yet another post based on ignorance  baileysc | 07/15/09
just like loverock...  ~doolittle~ | 07/16/09
Re; Oh and leaving the telnet port wide open.  hkommedal | 07/15/09
quite true, "average user" != "administrator"  ~doolittle~ | 07/15/09
This is why I always say:  ye | 07/15/09
Um, whom are you responding to?  nbahn | 07/15/09
Linux safer by design  Tom6 | 07/16/09
2nd month running can't install all updates  Jim Johnson | 07/15/09
Your Windows Registry (primary index) is whacked.  Dietrich T. Schmitz | 07/16/09
7 got no updates  VistroDotNet | 07/15/09
RE: MS Patch Tuesday: 9 bulletins, 6 rated critical  kchown300@... | 07/15/09
Windows world insecure by design  Tom6 | 07/16/09
And yet again the ill-informed jump on the bandwagon!!  kaninelupus | 07/16/09
Counter measures against antivirus lol  Tom6 | 07/16/09
This ZDNET story is brought to you by: Microsoft  Dietrich T. Schmitz | 07/17/09
Linux Community  Tom6 | 07/17/09

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