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Agreed.
For many of the problems, the only solution is to switch to a more secure OS. And even then you could still be vulnerable if you use things like WINE and NDISwrapper.
Posted by: AzuMao   Posted on: 11/14/08 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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Botnets = Windows  Don Collins | 11/12/08
Welll..  Linux_4u! | 11/12/08
BotNet = Users  Stan57 | 11/12/08
Bingo - ! nt  USTechHead | 11/12/08
Linux Zealots are stupid.  Duke E. Love | 11/13/08
Sorry ...  msdead | 11/14/08
Sorry for what? Making money?  Duke E. Love | 11/14/08
Do some fact checking before making bogus statements.  AzuMao | 11/15/08
Capt. Obvious Gets a gold star by his name.  Duke E. Love | 11/15/08
Maybe obvious to most people..  AzuMao | 11/16/08
HAha  Duke E. Love | 11/16/08
What kind of problems are you having on it?  AzuMao | 11/17/08
Users = security holes  Ceridan | 11/12/08
Windows makes it easy to be stupid  Myrkkin | 11/12/08
What is the difference between ignorance and stupidity?  Duke E. Love | 11/12/08
Re: What is the difference between ignorance and stupidity?  BigEric773 | 11/12/08
What is the difference between ignorance and stupidity?  pete.mattern@... | 11/13/08
definitions and connotations  melaniehaber | 11/13/08
not to mention just turning the sucker OFF!  pikeman666 | 11/13/08
I'm amazed at how many  alaniane@... | 11/13/08
If I used those things, I would learn how to do so safely.  AzuMao | 11/14/08
What manual?  FateJHedgehog@... | 11/15/08
Material Usage  JustinOtherone | 12/04/08
not to mention being spyed on by the feds  Duke E. Love | 11/16/08
Or they are used to it by now and don't think it's a problem.  AzuMao | 11/17/08
You're making bad assumptions here.  Aquineas | 11/13/08
Agreed.  AzuMao | 11/14/08
CNN.com may be compromised  biz@... | 11/17/08
I disagree with the users being the biggest security hole  alaniane@... | 11/13/08
I disagree with you  AzuMao | 11/14/08
Truth  MageSource | 11/18/08
Botnets = Windows = Dumb People?  wcallahan@... | 11/12/08
Anyone that cannot use a modern Linux distro  ereshkagal | 11/12/08
Linux and Apps  wcallahan@... | 11/12/08
re: Linux and Apps  dumptux | 11/12/08
AutoCAD or PhotoShop?  PMC-CON | 11/12/08
NOt true!  vilppuu@... | 11/12/08
I'll second that!  d.s.williams | 11/13/08
There are no FOSS equivalents to...  Duke E. Love | 11/12/08
FOSS is Better than non-free  pogson | 11/12/08
M$ provides only a crude OS and a few apps  Duke E. Love | 11/12/08
Name one app suit...  Duke E. Love | 11/12/08
So keep wasting all those cpu cycles running virus applications  DanLM | 11/12/08
I am sorry. Are you taling to me?  Duke E. Love | 11/12/08
Office tools & add-ons  d.s.williams | 11/13/08
No, anyone can't.  jw@... | 11/13/08
That's a pretty rare case though.  AzuMao | 11/14/08
Don Collins = Lame  Joe_Suchy@... | 11/12/08
WRONG!  AzuMao | 11/12/08
Translation for the irony-impaired  dumptux | 11/12/08
It's The Concept, Not The Platform  PMC-CON | 11/12/08
Isn't Linux (or Mac OS) the same concept?  d.s.williams | 11/13/08
No one remembers  oldbaritone | 11/13/08
Old is 360 assembler, jcl, KDF9, and Atlas Autocode!  teuchter | 11/13/08
Right!  AzuMao | 11/13/08
Dual Boot Linux  roylow | 11/12/08
As requested!  User07734 | 11/12/08
Try it, You'll Like It...  oldbaritone | 11/13/08
Broken websites!  leafie | 11/18/08
Linux = Tired  bitsmythe | 11/12/08
Anti Linux = lazy  DanLM | 11/12/08
But...  AzuMao | 11/13/08
Bual-Doot!  XweAponX | 11/17/08
fight fire  biz@... | 11/17/08
Maybe a decade ago.  AzuMao | 11/18/08
RE: Net bombarded by heaviest ever attacks this year  joec814 | 11/12/08
My life for [enter os here]  Ceridan | 11/12/08
No... they just think...  Cayble | 11/12/08
Ignorant Post  PMC-CON | 11/12/08
Except that..  AzuMao | 11/13/08
Complexity makes That Other OS a BIG Target  pogson | 11/12/08
If you are going to trot out the numbers game  Me_too | 11/12/08
You're wrong.  AzuMao | 11/13/08
Security through obscurity..  AzuMao | 11/12/08
Still Makes Perfect Nonsense  dumptux | 11/12/08
Grow up and get a clue (or borrow one)  flyingbuick | 11/12/08
I got a clue - and it IS the tool  oldbaritone | 11/13/08
The thing is  AzuMao | 11/13/08
Linux is a sh!tty desktop.  Duke E. Love | 11/13/08
No it's not.  AzuMao | 11/14/08
This will continue until we fix the most often broken part of a computer...  Roc Riz | 11/12/08
MOC?  dumptux | 11/12/08
PICNIC Error  smiller987 | 11/12/08
Stop fiddling while Rome burns  progan01@... | 11/12/08
THANK YOU!  OldTechie | 11/12/08
wow!  tomwnichols | 11/12/08
AMEN! Amen! AAAAAAAMen.  PMC-CON | 11/12/08
Your OS is broke.  AzuMao | 11/13/08
More monitors, Please!!  sbf95070 | 11/13/08
Excellent for someone to make that point  FateJHedgehog@... | 11/15/08
RE: Net bombarded by heaviest ever attacks this year  wdlists@... | 11/12/08
You're right on that!  tomqhawk | 11/13/08
RE: Net bombarded by heaviest ever attacks this year  sboverie@... | 11/12/08
RE: Net bombarded by heaviest ever attacks this year  erisian | 11/12/08
RE: Net bombarded by heaviest ever attacks this year  rparker009 | 11/12/08
Quality & Quantity  biz@... | 11/17/08
RE: Net bombarded by heaviest ever attacks this year  ePM360 | 11/12/08
It's not fair to call people stupid for this.  Dr. K | 11/12/08
Fines  GeraldAnthro | 11/12/08
Another Auto Analogy  dumptux | 11/12/08
No interNET for females then  dcdavy | 11/12/08
But it is easy  AzuMao | 11/13/08
A Way to Charge you $50 per year.  Dilberter | 11/12/08
Cyber pearl harbor coming  GeraldAnthro | 11/12/08
That http address isn't going to cut it.  Me_too | 11/12/08
Just copy and paste it.  AzuMao | 11/13/08
Re: Just copy and paste it.  Me_too | 11/13/08
Was just solving the problem for everyone since you pointed it out.  AzuMao | 11/14/08
RE: Net bombarded by heaviest ever attacks this year  keithbrace@... | 11/12/08
RE: Net bombarded by heaviest ever attacks this year  spacefish | 11/12/08
RE: Net bombarded by heaviest ever attacks this year  atari8bit@... | 11/12/08
RE: Net bombarded by heaviest ever attacks this year  USMC8541 | 11/12/08
You made some typos  AzuMao | 11/12/08
It's no typo  dcdavy | 11/12/08
That's subjective  AzuMao | 11/13/08
USMC is dead on!  scottseattle | 11/12/08
A solution that would work  oshea00 | 11/12/08
Re: A solution that would work  Me_too | 11/12/08
This is already done with many things online  AzuMao | 11/13/08
RE: Net bombarded by heaviest ever attacks this year  Karras | 11/12/08
RE: Net bombarded by heaviest ever attacks this year  byter_z | 11/12/08
If prison isn't enough punishment..  AzuMao | 11/13/08
Clueless - Why do they do this?  softwareFlunky | 11/12/08
$$$$$$  AzuMao | 11/13/08
RE: Dual Boot Linux  nazgul748 | 11/12/08
RE: Net bombarded by heaviest ever attacks this year  Daedalu | 11/12/08
Re: Shut them down as a country  Me_too | 11/12/08
Just no  AzuMao | 11/13/08
Dummies  bruceslog | 11/12/08
Just because it's a negative-sum situation..  AzuMao | 11/13/08
RE: Net bombarded and once again...  vilppuu@... | 11/12/08
RE: Net bombarded by heaviest ever attacks this year  Elihion | 11/13/08
It's not the technical solution itself that's hard to make.  AzuMao | 11/13/08
RE: Net bombarded by heaviest ever attacks this year  craig.sinclair@... | 11/13/08
Gimp is too hard to use  abdullah.adam@... | 11/13/08
If even GIMP is to hard for you to learn..  AzuMao | 11/14/08
Use Linux and monitor regularly  kokuryu | 11/13/08
DON NOT ACCEPT GOVERNMENT SOLUTION!  stevemcgee99 | 11/13/08
They already have the solution (secure OSs) they are just to lazy to do it.  AzuMao | 11/14/08
RE: Net bombarded by heaviest ever attacks this year  davidaforshaw@... | 11/15/08
dumb question maybe  joshstrike | 11/17/08
RE: Net bombarded by heaviest ever attacks this year  biz@... | 11/17/08
As a matter of fact  AzuMao | 11/18/08
RE: Net bombarded by heaviest ever attacks this year  jeffmoye | 11/18/08
Retraining for OO.org  EMonkIA | 11/19/08
You just lost  AzuMao | 11/20/08
meh!  magallanes | 11/21/08
Um no?  AzuMao | 11/22/08

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