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From: Beauregard T. Shagnasty on 25 Jun 2010 13:13 Bill wrote: > Since Ubuntu Linux has apparently went the way of releasing > buggy-as-hell software, I reluctantly installed Windows 7 on my PC. Much > to my surprise, I find that Microsoft has released a free AV for Windows > users. Do you feel that Windows 7 is less buggy than Ubuntu Linux? > The Microsoft Security Essentials seems to work rather well from what I > have read, and from a personal opinion the interface is simple and > functional. > > Anyone else using this product? I read this somewhere...: "Would you trust a security application written by the people who wrote the operating system that needs it?" -- -bts -Four wheels carry the body; two wheels move the soul
From: Big 666 on 25 Jun 2010 14:01 Bill wrote: > In article <pan.2010.06.25.17.13.04.968347(a)example.invalid>, Beauregard T. > Shagnasty says... > >> I read this somewhere...: >> "Would you trust a security application written by the people who wrote >> the operating system that needs it?" > > > It's free, it works and let's face it. You have to be pretty much a nimrod to > get your PC infected anyway. > > It seems to be very good, and I doubt MS even wrote it, a 3rd party vendor maybe. <http://download.cnet.com/Microsoft-Security-Essentials/3000-2239_4-10969260.html> It's just like MS had to turn to someone to better protect the Vista and Windows 7 O/S(s). <http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2009/11/nsa_microsoft_windows_7.html> <http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/08/AR2007010801352.html> I don't come to this NG much, but I do spend a lot of time in the MS community NG(s). What I don't see in the Vista or 7 NG(s) is users talking about I have been hit by malware that much anymore. It's not to say that it doesn't happen. But before you say that Linux doesn't need the NSA help in securing the O/S, it doesn't seem to be the case. <http://www.nsa.gov/research/selinux/index.shtml>
From: FromTheRafters on 25 Jun 2010 16:05 "Beauregard T. Shagnasty" <a.nony.mous(a)example.invalid> wrote in message news:pan.2010.06.25.17.13.04.968347(a)example.invalid... > Bill wrote: > >> Since Ubuntu Linux has apparently went the way of releasing >> buggy-as-hell software, I reluctantly installed Windows 7 on my PC. >> Much >> to my surprise, I find that Microsoft has released a free AV for >> Windows >> users. > > Do you feel that Windows 7 is less buggy than Ubuntu Linux? > >> The Microsoft Security Essentials seems to work rather well from what >> I >> have read, and from a personal opinion the interface is simple and >> functional. >> >> Anyone else using this product? > > I read this somewhere...: > "Would you trust a security application written by the people who > wrote > the operating system that needs it?" It's cute, but doesn't really make sense.
From: David W. Hodgins on 25 Jun 2010 17:27 On Fri, 25 Jun 2010 16:05:48 -0400, FromTheRafters <erratic(a)nomail.afraid.org> wrote: > It's cute, but doesn't really make sense. Do you remember MSAV? Microsoft purchases an anti-virus program, but fails to maintain it. Why would anyone expect anything different this time? Regards, Dave Hodgins -- Change nomail.afraid.org to ody.ca to reply by email. (nomail.afraid.org has been set up specifically for use in usenet. Feel free to use it yourself.)
From: David W. Hodgins on 25 Jun 2010 18:32
On Fri, 25 Jun 2010 18:17:00 -0400, ASCII <me2(a)privacy.net> wrote: > So you're suggesting that people don't learn from past activities, > and seek to correct and improve their efforts? > Isn't that sort of what RaiD claims to have done? I'm saying that some people don't, not all. In the case of m$, they have a long history of not showing any change in their ability to develop and maintain secure software. In Dustin's case, he's demonstrated the change by his behavior. Regards, Dave Hodgins -- Change nomail.afraid.org to ody.ca to reply by email. (nomail.afraid.org has been set up specifically for use in usenet. Feel free to use it yourself.) |