> Please can we have some specific instances of Windows causing problems. > Not unqualified people at home or students but real production environments > with qualified support on hand. > I used every version of windows from 1 to 10. yes XP and millennium too >
It is susceptible to MalWare of all types. We had some XP embedded thin clients that got attacked by Confiker but of course they were clean after a re-boot but the main reason Linux and Apple isn't attacked is because there are many more window systems, although I read somewhere Apple devices were being targeted because Apple users had more cash.. I see Apple has been hit by Ransom Ware... https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/mar/07/apple-targeted-by-kerange r-ransom-malware-for-first-time I can't see why Crypto Locker could work on ANY Linux or BSD box.... > I wrote time and mission critical food distribution related software for the ten > years before I retired in vb and then vb.net (oo) I would have seen just about > every possible bug in windows and in developing applications under it. > > Lets hear what others experienced. Sorry I know I have already said but generally very reliable. Some issues where call centre staff on XP were allowed to surf the web as administrators... ... conficker was a real problem https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conficker > > Rod > > Dave G4UGM
