> That's OK, Microsoft say you can use Vista without any > antivirus or antispyware, and it'll be fine. > > /me rolls in the aisle
Don't laugh too hard. You can use Windows XP without antivirus or antispyware, and it'll be fine. You just have to do two things: 1. Don't run as an administrator. 2. Don't do anything obviously stupid. Vista simply makes that a little simpler, by requiring user intervention for administrative actions even when you're logged in as an administrator already. > > It's saying that the lockdown mode (a reduced functionality mode > > unable to install software, launch system tools, make registry > > changes, restricts users to a white-list of websites, etc) is good > > enough (in his opinion) to keep a PC "safe" when used by a > (presumably) non-malicious user. > > The maliciousness (or not) of the person sat in front of a > Windows machine is not what bothers me, most of the time. > /me glares at spam email box If you can't accidentally run executables, you can't accidentally turn your machine into a spambot. If your only concern is the amount of spam you get from zombie Windows machines, you should hope that everyone upgrades to Vista as soon as it's available. Either it'll work, and their machines won't be zombies, or it won't, and their machines won't run at all. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers in Washington DC, Atlanta, Chicago, Baltimore, Northern Virginia, or on-site at your location. Visit http://training.figleaf.com/ for more information! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:261888 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
