Picked this up from a list. Any reactions? Miguel
----- Original Message ----- From: Don Cameron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, December 14, 2001 10:10 AM > Hi BB and all, > > >> A better/progressive solution is to not support Micro$oft and use > 'alternate' secure software/browsers (Linux, > > Macintosh, Opera... etc.) (snip). > > This solution might provide a temporary fix - at least until Microsoft is > completely destroyed, and our ingenious virus authors are forced to target > the next platform on their lists... at which time we will go through the > whole exercise again... who will we destroy next time just for the sake of > it? - Macintosh perhaps, or maybe IBM? > > Taking out the obvious, that the root of this problem is the criminal > element who prosper from writing virus code... the next issue is that of > viral distribution, and contrary to the belief that a 'better' option is to > use alternate software, it is in fact this very alternate software that is > responsible for, and distributes 99% of computer virus programs world-wide > (should be no surprises here). > > To explain how this works... > > Most computer virus authors target MS Windows, because Bill Gates is the > enemy of every man, woman and child on this planet (or so they would have us > believe) - for this reason, the most secure Internet servers in the World > are Microsoft Servers... because they are so frequently attacked and > targeted that if they are not secured, they are more often than not > compromised and destroyed. > > The least secure Internet servers, which also happens to be more than 90% of > all web and mail servers, are those running Linux or SCO because of the fact > that virus authors are not targeting these platforms (yet), so Linux admins > can happily allow a virus to pass through their system without it causing > any damage... of course in so doing they also allow thousands of their > customers to receive the virus... but hey, just ask any Linux ISP... it's > not their problem, because Bill Gates is a demon and anyone who runs his > software deservers to be infected (it might surprise a few people but this > really is the cultural mindset in some sections of the IT industry). > > Unless something is done about all of this, perhaps the ultimate irony will > occur when MS becomes either bankrupt, or so totally locked in security > protections that the threat of a virus is totally eliminated... in which > case, where do we think these wiz-kids will go... simply fade into the > ether? - of course not... they will start producing virus for other > platforms, and around the merry-go-round we go again. > > Rgds, Don ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Promise to Quit Nicotrol will help http://us.click.yahoo.com/5vN8tD/AqSDAA/ySSFAA/9rHolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ _ Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at http://plug.linux.org.ph To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send "subscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
