As long as there are dollar signs attached to malware etc, as long as there are users like (your mom's name here) who don't know any better then to click on every link in her email box, and as long as windows has for all practical purposes almost the entire market, windows will be vulnerable.
On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 3:56 PM, John Duncan Yoyo <johnduncany...@gmail.com>wrote: > On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 5:41 PM, tjpa <t...@tjpa.com> wrote: > > > On the malware front Win7 is even worse than I expected... > > > > "Windows 7 vulnerable to 8 out of 10 viruses" > > > > > http://www.sophos.com/blogs/chetw/g/2009/11/03/windows-7-vulnerable-8-10-viruses/ > > > > "Unfortunately, despite Microsoft's claims, Windows 7 disappointed just > > like earlier versions of Windows," > > > > > On a PC without an anti-virus. Given that WIN7 is Vista 2.0 it shouldn't > be > an awful surprise. > > Now that M$ offers a free anti-virus this is probably an unfair test. They > should run the same test with M$'s AV running. It may even bat .500. > > -- > John Duncan Yoyo > -------------------------------o) > > > ************************************************************************* > ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** > ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** > ************************************************************************* > ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
