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Re: Fwd: SF new column announcement: Microsoft Anti-Spyware?
From: Christos Triantafyllidis <ctria () physics auth gr>
Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 01:03:37 +0200
Caeser Augustus wrote:
Average user feel good about security but... is he? think about this user when he find out that he is not secured.1) The average user : feels good about security but is confronted by a learning curve. Whatever it is, but I'm sure that an information bar is easier to configure than a hosts file.
They should shout "DON'T INSTALL IT, or YOU will be responsible for whatever happens"2) The IT guys shout: "Don't install it".
Doesn't it? There are numerous of lists about incompatibilities with SP2. And think about resources that are being used by this new "feature".- It breaks stuff.
- It's got security issues( My companies IT policy )
Actually less than SP1 but still enough :)
- Not stable.
I tried to remove it. my PC had nice blue screens at normal-safemode logon
The basic difference is that patches for Linux Kernel are made by the time that there is a suspition about an exploit in it. Patches on Windows are developed after the exploit has been developed and used... (Fun ?)3) The crackers: It's got holes: it's exploitable. I think: off course. Everything is. Including the Linux Kernel. That's what makes this field fun.
Basic problem with MS products is that there is no "current" tree.Think about making a clean installation. Even if we assume that you have a SP2 intergrated CD, you still have to do live update to be updated. and the worst? you do windows update, you update everything but you need to reboot and after that check if there is any patch for the patches you just installed!!!
Christos Triantafyllidis
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- SF new column announcement: Microsoft Anti-Spyware? Kelly Martin (Jan 07)
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- Re: SF new column announcement: Microsoft Anti-Spyware? Matvei Kliuchnikov (Jan 07)
- Re: SF new column announcement: Microsoft Anti-Spyware? Kelly Martin (Jan 07)
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- Fwd: SF new column announcement: Microsoft Anti-Spyware? Caeser Augustus (Jan 10)
- (WAS: Re: Fwd: SF new column announcement: Microsoft Anti-Spyware?) Sebastian (Jan 10)
- Re: Fwd: SF new column announcement: Microsoft Anti-Spyware? Christos Triantafyllidis (Jan 10)
- Re: SF new column announcement: Microsoft Anti-Spyware? Kelly Martin (Jan 07)