“Windows enthusiasts weary of making excuses for Microsoft’s security failures have discovered that the best defense is a good offense,” Daniel Eran writes for RoughlyDrafted.
“Ignoring the fact that every desktop infested with malware is running Windows, and dismissing the reality that every headline grabbing worm and every virus crisis that disrupts business and results in expensive cleanup efforts has similarly been the fault of Windows, a new version of reality is being presented that insists that Windows is now more secure than ever, and that the real security problems lie with Linux, Macs, and the iPhone,” Eran writes.
“No amount of numbers can erase the huge expense involved in decontaminating, patching, and cleaning up Windows PCs, something that has no equal on other platforms. Microsoft insisted that Windows XP was the most secure Windows ever, at least until the release of Vista when it conceded that XP was riddled with architectural flaws that Vista thoughtfully fixed. Vista is now the most secure Windows ever, but based on previous awardees of that crown, that doesn’t mean much,” Eran writes.
Full article here.
Security through exposure, yeah and I have a bridge for sale, cheap!
Windows security…
The ultimate oxymoron
Just wait till you try:
Windows Vista Ultimate Extra Secure All Doors Closed Enterprise Server Edition
I guarantee it will be secure. Promise. For real.
Re: Bill Gates
You forgot the Signature version, which throws in a couple of extra padlocks for keepsake.
The only secure version of windows is the one you leave in the box.
“I guarantee it will be secure. Promise. For real.”
” . . . .But I’m going to need a $1,000 in cash today from you or you’re screwed. For real. Do it now or I’ll send my people out to fsck you up real bad.”
On Yahoo! Answers, I’m constantly hearing from Windows users that there are many viruses on the Macintosh. They claim that no computer is safe from viruses. The more they say it, the more they start to believe that it’s true. I keep on saying, “Six years of using Mac OS X and still not one computer virus.” I can say it as much as they can.
If market share decides how many viruses affect a platform, how come there’s not any viruses written for Vista yet? It has 5.41% share in 6 months. Intel Macs only achieved 2.61% in EIGHTEEN months.
Face it. Macs suck. Make an informed decision as an intelligent consumer and get a Windows Vista PC today!
“On Yahoo! Answers, I’m constantly hearing from Windows users that there are many viruses on the Macintosh.”
I suppose proof is too much to ask? Or is that too painful?
Dear MDN,
I think it’s time you remove ads from the “Add Your Feedback:” area of your pages, especially near the “Submit” button.
This is not a porn Free Preview page where viewers are tricked into accidentally clicking sponsor links through clever bait-and-switch link placement.
Your readers – most of us, anyway – don’t deserve to be condescended to in such manner.
LOL
I bought a new OEM copy of XP PRO SP2 to use with Parallels when I bought a new 24″ Intel iMac last fall.
I never found the need to instal it. It has been sitting in the box, with no anti-virus or firewall protection for 10 months and it is still malware free.
Wow!
vista pwns…It’s sad when I see idiots like you
post on this site. You are so clearly deluded.
http://www.crime-research.org/news/05.08.2005/1407/
It’s true that there have been ‘exploits’ on Mac OS X …but in six years no viruses…
And it’s true that the virus mentioned above
was on the Vista Beta…but it’s early yet.
“No computer is safe from viruses.”
True !
“There are many viruses on Macs.”
False !
I’m pretty certain there are more than a couple of actual hackers (as opposed to Script Kiddies) out there who are trying to ruin OSX’s reputation for being secure, but they have yet to succeed. This doesn’t mean it isn’t possible, it just has yet to happen. Maybe tomorrow, next week, next year … next decade? It will happen. We’ve set foot on the Moon and rovers on Mars, someone will find the key to breaking OSX.
Yawn! I can wait. Somebody mention it. Someone I can believe. Someone not on the MS payroll. I can . . . z z z zzz …
But Windows wasn’t designed for the internet or security!!
You can’t take a mega ton cruise ship like Windows that’s installed on virtually every computer in existance and has zillions of developers who have very expensive investment in time making software and suddenly turn it on a dime.
Apple lost a lot of developers who were ambused by the switch to Mac OS X, to X-Code and then the Intel switch.
They were burned and lost a lot of money so they said goodbye.
Where are all the games for Intel Macs? Remember all the interest in 3D games when the PowerMac G5 was released?
No so now, Apple switching so much kicked them in the teeth, the 3D gamer market for Macs is now dead.
Everyone went to code for the X-Box and Playstation 3 especially for it’s powerful Cell processor which the scientific community BEGGED Apple to implement in their Pro line desktops.
Apple could have sold tons of X-Servers and Mac Pro’s with Cell procesors.
Now we are stuck with these has been Intel chips with their throttled bottleneck frontside bus.
I get beachballs and delays on my Intel dual core machine, not so with my dual processor G5.
LMFAO! I totally agree! Apple Macs running Intel are the most pathetic pieces of crap ever. The only Mac I’ve ever had was when the Mac Mini ran PowerPC and it was only $500. Good times. I got rid of it when they brought out the Intel ones for $100 more.
Windows Vista is amazing and Microsoft would never do something so stupid like Apple did. They’ve lost me as a user.
http://www.winsupersite.com/reviews/winvista_05b.asp
Read more about the amazing security features of Windows Vista. Get it today!
“Security through exposure, yeah and I have a bridge for sale, cheap!”
I think we’d better pony up and start building nicer bridges.
UNIX which is the basis and underpinnings of OSX has been in existence since the 60’s and all computing was done on punch cards. Before M$ came along with it’s crap ware it was and still is the basic operating system for the majority of mission critical hardware out there.
There is no obscurity hacker have had at UNIX since Jobs and Wozniak were building blue boxes to get free long distance from ma-bell. Hell it’s how the word hacker was invented , which is a derivative from the word UNIX hack. One would think that there would be more virus attempts and hence inoculations on the basic structure and variants of Unix and being open source the tools are basically free to develop a hackers virus lab so how come OSX Unix and Linux have comparatively far fewer attempts.
You IT guys out there know this one. It is because M$ being of unsound design is shipped with ports open for invasion from virus code. M$ depends on the used to secure their system before putting it on line and have no vested interest in closing all the security flaws in their product because the end used ends up having to buy more software. Which industry is M$ in? Yeah …you get it now?
@vista pwns
Is that you Paul Thurott? I’m still not going to click on that link, but good try.
I’m still running PowerPC Macs, but the new Intel ones look awesome, plus you can run that crapfest OS (Windows) if you really need to. I don’t need to though.
@Not a Windows Apologist
With all of their transitions, Apple maybe did make life harder for developers in the last few years, point taken.
Your comments about the Cell processor’s power might be true, but your entire perspective misses the point.
Apple just sold more Macs in a quarter than it ever has, arguably because it is Intel, not PowerPC, that gives Mac users the most flexibility, and that’s something that can’t be argued.
Industry gurus go on and on about FSBs and RISC/CISC all day and never agree, but the fact is that Intel Macs open doors for Apple – they don’t leave it “stuck” with “has been” chips.
Maybe Apple could have seen it your way, rejuvenating the Pippin, which would of course use these Cell processors. No one buys MacBooks, anyway.
@ChrissyOne
Thanx for trying to derail this astroturfers delight with your comment on bridges. I live in Minneapolis and Wednesday’s tragedy is constantly playing through my mind. My wife and I were on that bridge just the night before.
Thanx for pointing out what is truly important. My thoughts are with those that have lost their lives and for those who have lost loved-ones and friends.
@Vista Pwns,
Yep its Paul Thurrotts alright. And doing such a bad job of it too. Here is a comment he made on that listed site above:
“A new Windows Vista feature called Address Space Layout Randomizer (ASLR) will virtually eliminate remote system attacks for the first time on the Windows platform. (A similar technology is currently employed in Linux and various UNIX versions.) This feature, first disclosed here on the SuperSite for Windows, ensures that system files load at random (1 in 256) memory offsets at every system boot, compared to previous Windows versions where system files always loaded to the same offset memory location. Because of this change, most (approximately 99 percent) remote attacks will simply fail on x64-based Vista versions because attackers can’t rely on files being in the same location. Bravo.”
Yep, you read it right. You need the x64 based system which we just read about how scarce they are. LOL Buy the best from M$, but there are no drivers and no one uses it.
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Windows is like a prison death camp.
It doesn’t so much have customers as inmates.
MDN “standard” as in Windows sets the new standard in aweful.
“I have a bridge for sale, cheap!”
I need a bridge, I’ll pay cash on delivery.
Minneapolis residents…You have my sympathy, please make all your officials accountable for their inactions since they were aware of the need to do something about it not just a while ago but seemingly some years back.
Turn the loss you have suffered into a power for the good of your community & others at large.
Condolencies ….
Where’s the MDN Take? I want my money back!