__/ [ The Ghost In The Machine ] on Tuesday 06 February 2007 02:48 \__
> In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Roy Schestowitz
> <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote
> on Tue, 06 Feb 2007 02:05:26 +0000
> <7374296.xgo2P8Uc6i@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>> __/ [ Gordon ] on Monday 05 February 2007 18:14 \__
>>
>>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6331959.stm
>>
>>
>> Windows Vista: It's More Secure, We Promise
>>
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>> | Well, allow me to take a moment to remind everyone of something that
>> | you might not remember - XP was also touted as being ultra secure.
>
> It was. For Microsoft. :-) No doubt preinstalled XP (and
> now Vista) packages make a significant fraction of
> Microsoft's incoming licensing revenue.
>
>> | Seriously, can anyone honestly look themselves in the mirror and say
>> | this is the gospel truth? You have got to be kidding me. Similar to
>> | XP, Microsoft promises to have the most secure Windows version to date
>> | yet again.
>> `----
>>
>>
http://www.osweekly.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2357&Itemid=449
>>
>>
>> Going about a month back:
>>
>>
>> Windows Vista's first malware warning
>>
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>> | Web-based email services expose Windows Vista
>> `----
>>
>> http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/news/index.cfm?newsid=7748
>>
>>
>> Three of the top ten malware threats run on Microsoft Vista, Sophos
>> tests show
>>
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>> | Sophos tested each piece of malware in the top ten on the Vista
>> | operating system to establish whether users running Vista without
>> | any third-party security software would avoid infection.
>> `----
>>
>>
http://www.sophos.com/pressoffice/news/articles/2006/11/toptennov.html?_log_from=rss
>>
>>
>
> Lovely. (FSVO)
For the cybercriminals. ;-)
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