On Wed, 11 Jun 2008 10:39:32 -0400 Jim Allan wrote: > Mike wrote: > > > I know the Royal Bank of Scotland had a system that only worked with > > IE but their new system works with any browser. I didn't use the > > old system because I didn't have IE and, even if I had, I wouldn't > > trust any Windows system for accessing my bank account. It amazes > > me that anyone would use an insecure system to access confidential > > data. > > Maybe you are very easily amazed. > > The majority of bank users do trust the Windows system to do their > banking, and nothing bad happens. That_s a fact. > > Can you justify your paranoia with some statistics about the horrible > things you believe are happening, or admit that it is just unjustified > paranoia. Horrible things that _might_ happen on a less secure system > don_t impress. >
Keyloggers are often a modern virus payload. Windows has proved to attract more viruses (by the common practise of running on the internet on an administritave loggin) than any other OS. http://www.securityfocus.com/infocus/1829 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keystroke_logging -- Michael All shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of things shall be well - Julian of Norwich 1342 - 1416 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
