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The Windows Security Nightmare
latif writes "Microsoft has set aside a $5 million fund for paying off informants on malware authors. In my opinion a good chunk of this money deserves to be paid to individuals who help catch the Microsoft employees behind the design of Windows Registry and Windows Update. As I found out, the two mis-features work together to deprive Windows users of all protection from malware. The details of my experience are in the article Why Windows is a Security Nightmare." In a related story, Anonymous Wussie writes "This guy had family with a problem: A Windows XP computer hit by worms that couldn't stay on-line long enough to get patched. His solution? A CD. This article describes the custom made CD he sent to his family member with patches, tools, and instructions to make a fresh install of Windows XP Home Internet safe. I know I'll be doing this in the future."
From article:
"so simple, even my grandmother could implement it."
As a 48 yo grandmother, I am offended that technical incompetance is equated with being a grandparent. I don't think anyone would have said "so simple even my grandfather could implement."
I am incidentally, a C programmer of 20+ years.
so don't plug the network cable in until you're ready for it, dumbass.
Username taken, please choose another one.
Slashdot is so unbiased that they'll take anyone's blog about having troubles with windows and post it as being a credible source. (We won't mention how much money OSDN has at stake with linux for the time being). But this guy isn't a well respected, or even semi respected computer journalist. The site is laid out like its supposed to be a legitimate computer site, but the articles are all written by this latif guy and are few and far between...this site is nothing more than a blog of someone with a hate-on for Microsoft. Naturally, our champions of fair and unbiased reporting have jumped in and posted it as being something newsworthy simply because they can't hide the fact that they are trying to help linux succeed so that their own pockets are enriched.
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Yeah, that's really the new height of user-friendlyness...
We're talking about Microsoft here - it't be a small price for them if everyone who updated got 50.000 bucks.
In unrelated news, Microsoft has just bought Russia.
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