Comments on: No Microsoft, General Taxation Is Not the Answer to Malware http://gigaom.com/2010/03/02/no-microsoft-general-taxation-is-not-the-answer-to-malware/ Wed, 22 May 2013 04:40:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: mgriscom http://gigaom.com/2010/03/02/no-microsoft-general-taxation-is-not-the-answer-to-malware/#comment-242662 Sat, 06 Mar 2010 19:36:49 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=103036#comment-242662 Wow, that post is a museum piece.

First, outdated thinking: what, people are hacking for fame? That’s very 1995-2000. Blackhats do it for the money, and have for about a decade. Didn’t you notice??

Second, I noticed that you complimented Microsoft for their customer service (your nod to “backward compatibility”) and simultaneously explained one of many reasons that Apple will never make it in business.

Third, you’re repeating the clever lies of the “I’m a Mac, I’m a PC” ads from Apple: that Apple’s latest OSX is really competing against Windows 98 (circa 1998). Time warp!

Get with the times, dude.

]]> By: Jerry http://gigaom.com/2010/03/02/no-microsoft-general-taxation-is-not-the-answer-to-malware/#comment-242661 Fri, 05 Mar 2010 22:06:42 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=103036#comment-242661 Mac OSX is less secure than Windows? You have to be kidding?

So far, the on;y way to get OSX infected with malware or a virus is through social engineering. Just visiting an infected site is not enough.

You Windows fanboys need to get your head out of your butt and address the issue and stop spreading fudd. Don’t tell me OSX is only safer because of the installed base. The fact is, the first person to actually get a virus to spread on OSX will be instantly famous making it a prime target. Face it, OSX’s UNIX underpinning is just a better model for security.
No, nothing is 100% immune but Windows is a nightmare, mainly because it has to be backwards compatible all the way back to 3.1 and DOS. Apple resolved that vulnerability when it went from OS9 to OSX.

]]> By: Lose Weight the Best Way | Flat-Stomachs.info http://gigaom.com/2010/03/02/no-microsoft-general-taxation-is-not-the-answer-to-malware/#comment-242660 Thu, 04 Mar 2010 20:29:45 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=103036#comment-242660 [...] No Microsoft, General Taxation Is Not the Answer to Malware – GigaOM [...]

]]> By: Common Sense http://gigaom.com/2010/03/02/no-microsoft-general-taxation-is-not-the-answer-to-malware/#comment-242659 Thu, 04 Mar 2010 07:58:32 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=103036#comment-242659 Agree, dreamsburned! Most users are extremely stupid.

Most of my malware infections occurred due to my own stupidity.

The solutions are extremely simple:

  1. Ensure that your system runs all the latest updates and patches.
  2. Have a decent AV suite and firewall. Scan once a week and watch out for strange processes.
  3. Sensible browsing will cut down a lot of malware.
  4. Do not download cracks, patches and keygens. Though some of them are actually legit, some of them also contain trojans and other nasties:(
]]> By: mgriscom http://gigaom.com/2010/03/02/no-microsoft-general-taxation-is-not-the-answer-to-malware/#comment-242658 Wed, 03 Mar 2010 15:40:48 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=103036#comment-242658 Malware is not a Microsoft problem, it’s an IT problem. If Apple had anything close to Microsoft’s market share, it would have the same problems, except perhaps worse because Windows 7 is generally much more secure than Mac OSX.

I agree with the perspective of “dreamsburnred” that the problem is people doing stupid stuff. Unfortunately, there will always be people doing stupid stuff, so you have to educate people and give them tools where you can, to not do stupid stuff.

Here’s one way to stay very safe:
*Run Windows 7
*Don’t change the default security settings
*Don’t install unsigned software, or software signed by an unknown entity

Ta-dah! Safe.

]]> By: Subhash Bose http://gigaom.com/2010/03/02/no-microsoft-general-taxation-is-not-the-answer-to-malware/#comment-242657 Wed, 03 Mar 2010 05:01:12 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=103036#comment-242657 Why the hell should I pay tax for malware .. I dont have any malware spyware or virus on my linux or mac notebook? Who is crazy enough to even listen to this?

]]> By: dreamsburnred http://gigaom.com/2010/03/02/no-microsoft-general-taxation-is-not-the-answer-to-malware/#comment-242656 Wed, 03 Mar 2010 01:25:45 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=103036#comment-242656 That’s…stupid.

The real issue is users who blindly click links/install applications without checking how valid they are.

Botnets are hard to keep track but if all the world had to pay tax almost all internet users would disappear since Library’s schools/home users could not afford it and businesses would refuse to pay.

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