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Microsoft Says Two Basic Security Steps Might Have Stopped Conficker
coondoggie writes "If businesses and consumers stuck to security basics, they could have avoided all cases of Conficker worm infection detected on 1.7 million systems by Microsoft researchers in the last half of 2011. According to the latest Microsoft Security Intelligence report, all cases of Conficker infection stemmed from just two attack methods: weak or stolen passwords and exploiting software vulnerabilities for which updates existed."
getting rid of Windows isn't going to do jack. Idiots using computers will be vulnerable to malware, no matter what kind of OS they use. Unless the OS is secured away from its user, there is no safety if the user himself is the biggest security hole.
Linux/Unix have a well established culture and plenty of infrastructure to support the concept of strong password protection. Unlike Windows.
When all you have is a hammer, every problem starts to look like a thumb.