So, I was at a torrent site recently, and the page loaded a little slowly and I accidently clicked on one of the links on the page and it downloaded and installed a whole bunch of shitware that causes pop-ups every 3 minutes.
I'm using Naviscope right now, but they still come through and interrupt me.
Anyone have any other suggested blockers because I don't want to reformat right now.
What does Linux have to do with this? A properly secured Windows XP machine is probably a lot more secure than a backwater Linux hackup by some kids. How do you know your machine isn't being accessed remotely through a flaw in the distro that was never discovered because no one uses that distro or checks its code? The threadmaker is using an insecure browser as they said, this has absolutely nothing to do with the OS. And now for the dead horse: Linux is not secure, it is obscure.
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Anonymous2005-07-21 9:46
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Linux is more secure, almost by design. What the fuck's the deal with an enforced RPC service in Windows? Running as anything but Administrator in Windows is a PITA too. And while you dismiss linux as obscure, that also helps.
But linux sucks for day-to-day use.
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Anonymous2005-07-21 10:11
Yes, freely available source code sure contributes to obscurity.
OH WAIT.
"The threadmaker is using an insecure browser as they said, this has absolutely nothing to do with the OS"
Here's what the 'threadmaker' said in case you've forgotten already: "I accidently clicked on one of the links on the page and it downloaded and installed a whole bunch of shitware"
It has everything to do with the OS. A correctly designed OS simply wouldn't permit that to happen.
Face it, Windows is a bad design, poorly implemented.
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Anonymous2005-07-22 1:09
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Linux is more secure than Windows because of Linus's Law. The more people who check the code, the more likely bugs are caught. Simple probability. Also, it isn't an abortion, like the 9x/ME kernel was, or a tottering mess like the NT/XP kernel is. You have a point with the "obscure distros," but the simple solution is to use a distro that /is/ widely used. And IE is part of Windows.
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Anonymous2005-07-22 6:06
The more people who check the code, the more likely bugs are caught.
Which is partially bullshit, since it also makes the blackhats' jobs easier too. Linux has things going for it, but that one isn't. Likewise, less "interesting" pieces of software get less attention, since there's no incentive to do so.
The leaked 2k codebase didn't include the complete kernel. From what was there, the more recent code is of high quality, while some older code is mediocre. A "tottering mess" it is not.
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Anonymous2005-07-22 9:15
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Depends on your definition of tottering mess (whatever that even means). Theo de Raadt (Mr OpenBSD) called Linux garbage; one wonders how he would react if presented with Win32/WinNT code.
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Anonymous2005-07-24 12:33
>>12 My guess would be 'momentarily confused and then full of bluster and half-assed rationalisations'.
Theo De Rat is as credible as he is personable.
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Anonymous2005-07-24 13:34
Dude I just sprayed a fly and 5 minutes later it landed on my hand and started begging me for a quick death.