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Subj: Re: Install Win7
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From: ZL1ANM@ZL1AB.#06.NZL.OC
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>Indeed Dave. And thanks to that simplicity in all versions of Windows
>pre Vista is what enables us programmers to easily write viruses, trojans,
>malware, key loggers, drive by installs and all the crudware that makes
>XP such a security nightmare.
>
>If you make it easy to install stuff by running everthing with admin rights
>then you end up with the nightmare we have now. That's why OSes which
>are moderately secure require constant entering of passwords/clicking accept
>boxes to make sure that it's you the user installing something and not
>some crapware virus you picked up on your travels.
>
>You want easy you get viruses and all the problems they bring. You want safe
>then you either accept the user has to do a bit of admin or you dont connect
>to anyone else.
>
>73 de Andy GM7HUD
The question is not whether Windows adequately protects us from viruses.
The question is why should it be necessary to protect us in the first place.
If Microsoft were to devote as much effort to identifying virus writers as
it currently devotes to creating defensive measures, and if the penalty for
virus writing were severe enough, the virus problem would go away.
Unfortunately as we all know, only a few viruses are written by malicious
people for deviant fun. Most contemporary viruses originate from anti-virus
software companies as a tactic to justify their own existence and steal a
march on their competitors.
Will things change? I doubt it. Too many jobs are at stake in the anti-virus
writing industry, and the stupidly tolerant west adopts a laissez-faire
attitude and accepts the risks for the sake of those jobs.
73 de Neil ZL1ANM
T4 1.5à24
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