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In the past 5-8 years of dealing with viruses in attachments, what has Microsoft done in order to stem the tide of these kinds of problems?

They claim Trustworthy Computing, etc. They have made changes to some of their software, but only the most minimal changes have been made to meet their obligations.

Fortunately for the software industry, they have "protected" themselves through copyright laws and have virtually no chance of being whacked by the courts for sloppy work. So Microsoft (and all the other companies out there) can give us garbage, minimal security, viruses, etc., and we have no legal recourse what-so-ever.

If the software industry had any chance at all of being whacked by the courts we?d see significant differences in security. But since there is virtually no financial or legal threat of having any kind of responsibility for a leaking boat, where is the incentive to actually do anything serious about it????

It?s in the EULA, Microsoft cannot be blamed no matter what the problem is.
Posted by: George Jay   Posted on: 01/28/04 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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MS should apply antivirus thru patches  dg mh | 01/27/04
Best plan ever  Letophoro | 01/27/04
will m$ indemnify their customers?  stephen732@... | 01/27/04
Sarcasm missed  Letophoro | 01/27/04
no sarcasm intended  stephen732@... | 01/27/04
virus should be named "m$doom"  stephen732@... | 01/27/04
Thoughts  gmyx | 01/27/04
Mostly a user problem not an OS problem  scidhuv00 | 01/27/04
Not quite  zen_dogen | 01/27/04
Actually..  d_jedi | 01/27/04
Re: Mostly a user problem not an OS problem  issthatso | 01/27/04
Security was not designed into many products  Sunny Jalolly | 01/27/04
Quick Fix  nite_w0lf | 01/27/04
or perhaps...  stephen732@... | 01/27/04
Fact, some users are as dumb as a rock.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 01/27/04
You're right..look at how many run Windows  SloooeShflu | 01/27/04
So, what you are suggesting is...  vferrara | 01/27/04
Windows Users are dumb  voska | 01/27/04
Rocket science  Yagotta B. Kidding | 01/27/04
Can't help but wonder....  vferrara | 01/27/04
Only people who know how drive can drive  voska | 01/27/04
Hey voska!!  nite_w0lf | 01/27/04
Intelligence???  libertyaikido | 01/28/04
Good point  bhanes@... | 02/03/04
We'll let you tell that to...  BitTwiddler | 01/27/04
I do, CONSTANTLY!  No_Ax_to_Grind | 01/27/04
Message has been deleted.  SloooeShflu | 01/27/04
They do know better  voska | 01/27/04
No internet no e-mail  scidhuv00 | 01/28/04
re: No internet no e-mail  Wolfie2K3 | 01/28/04
Correct, axe...  mvaar | 01/27/04
To quote Einstein (of E=MC^2 fame)  betelgeuse68 | 01/27/04
On Spam  voska | 01/27/04
Good idea! I'd take it a step further...  Yen_z | 01/27/04
Why not?  Yagotta B. Kidding | 01/27/04
Actually it's more like saying  voska | 01/27/04
Food poisoning  Yagotta B. Kidding | 01/27/04
That's true.  Immanuel Tranz-Mischen | 01/27/04
tens of thousands of computers remain infected  Tammee | 01/27/04
psst...  stephen732@... | 01/27/04
this is funny you should read  mattfrand | 01/27/04
Wrong, Tammee  Yen_z | 01/27/04
Exactly but...  Tammee | 01/28/04
Naturally ... Microsoft will claim it's not their fault  George Jay | 01/27/04
re  XunilLinux | 01/27/04
XunilLinux!!  nite_w0lf | 01/27/04
Windows Does that  voska | 01/27/04
I didnt say This Might Be  nite_w0lf | 01/27/04
why?  stephen732@... | 01/27/04
Reply  mattfrand | 01/27/04
Response ...  George Jay | 01/28/04
Blame Game  Aknot | 01/28/04
illogical and irrelevant  Oakman7111 | 02/01/04
2000/05/28:Microsoft Applications Security  David Mohring | 01/27/04
Lets remove the delete key then(nt)  voska | 01/27/04
Why Isn't Microsoft responsible  mattfrand | 01/27/04
Hmmmm  quietLee | 01/28/04
Honestly  mattfrand | 01/27/04
MS should be liable for gross negligance due to sheer number of virii ...  Plain Logic | 01/27/04
Here's a clue  Oakman7111 | 02/01/04
The spread of viral code directly damaging SCO.  xbee | 01/27/04
viral code damage SCO???  thomasmac | 01/30/04
It's an ATTACHED EXECUTABLE  John Carroll ZDNet Moderator | 01/28/04
Attached executable  dnmott@... | 01/28/04
Don't TEND...  John Carroll ZDNet Moderator | 01/28/04
"Average/normal" Windows users are incompetant?  MarcB_z | 01/28/04
Most of them can spell incompetant  Oakman7111 | 02/01/04
So, basically...  Yen_z | 01/28/04
Wrong villain....  quietLee | 01/28/04
(NT) Lindows changed from 'everyone is root' some time ago :o)  Jack-Booted EULA | 01/28/04
There are no costs associated with this outbreak. microsoft say so.  jellyclock | 01/28/04
Info  SCJames | 01/28/04
Ultimate Linux religious FUDster_prankster  quietLee | 01/28/04
You got that right  Oakman7111 | 02/01/04
mydoom and mac  foxii2000 | 01/28/04
One good thing about MyDoom ---  rbrucecarter | 01/28/04
free antivirus  empty_z | 01/30/04

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