swiftymc
join:2004-02-15
Mansfield Center, CT
| Just what we need
Someone give me one reason why we should trust microsoft to protect us against something they were originally leaving us wide open to...
and hey....heres an idea...FIX YOUR F*CKING BROWSER AND WE WOULDNT HAVE THESE SPYWARE PROBLEMS!!!!!!!
We dont need more add-on CRAP taking up memory so one program can fix another |
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| said by swiftymc  :
heres an idea...FIX YOUR F*CKING BROWSER AND WE WOULDNT HAVE THESE SPYWARE PROBLEMS!!!!!!!
That won't do it.
Even with every possible technical precaution - and XP/SP2 goes a long way - there will still be users who will install anything if asked to. Until "idiot users" are addressed, spyware is going to be a fact of life.
Whether Microsoft's solution will be any good remains to be seen.
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ame055
join:2003-07-01
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ye Microsoft sells us crappy buggy software, then releases a million windows updates to patch the problem.
Why can't they test their stuff more, so we users don't have to do it for them (for free).
What worries me is if Microsoft somehow decides to make this spyware tool built into future windows editions. Just like the silly excuse for a firewall they put into Windows XP !!!
They are making other companies go bankrupt by monopolizing everything.
IMAGINE IF in a 100 years the ONLY software company on earth is MICROSOFT !!!  |
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Kim Jong
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| said by ame055 :
ye Microsoft sells us crappy buggy software, then releases a million windows updates to patch the problem.
Why can't they test their stuff more, so we users don't have to do it for them (for free).
What worries me is if Microsoft somehow decides to make this spyware tool built into future windows editions. Just like the silly excuse for a firewall they put into Windows XP !!!
They are making other companies go bankrupt by monopolizing everything.
IMAGINE IF in a 100 years the ONLY software company on earth is MICROSOFT !!!
Every software needs patches, microsoft is a god damn OS it needs more patches then average software.
'Just like the silly excuse for a firewall they put into Windows XP !!!'
Better then nothing, if they didn't put anything in it there would be idiots bitching about how there is no firewall in windows xp.
'They are making other companies go bankrupt by monopolizing everything.'
Umm go take some business classes.
'IMAGINE IF in a 100 years the ONLY software company on earth is MICROSOFT !!! '
Not gonna happen.
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swiftymc
join:2004-02-15
Mansfield Center, CT
| What ever happened to some court order not to include IE with windows installs?
Didnt they have this beef with netscape because they dont have as good a chance of getting their browser out there because Windows already has a packaged browser.
Im liking the spreading of firefox, especially when they hit that 1 million download mark early. Everyone needs to help spreading the word. Everyone needs to do what they can to spread it to more people and help rid the world of this evil virus code named Internet Explorer. |
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Samwoo
join:2002-02-15
Rancho Palos Verdes, CA | reply to ame055
People where making money off windows security flaws...
Microsoft is trying to plug up the flaws.
Those companies would have never had business if it weren't for microsoft anyways.
Just a thought |
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VirtualLarry
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said by ame055 :
They are making other companies go bankrupt by monopolizing everything.
IMAGINE IF in a 100 years the ONLY software company on earth is MICROSOFT !!!
That is their plan, you do realize that, right? |
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BosstonesOwn
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And as soon as that becomes the mostly widely used browser the same will happen. People seem to forget that virus writers and the slime balls who make spyware do it to try and make the most impact for spyware tracking users to try and make them buy other stuff is a money gimmick. So they go after the biggest population to try and make the most money.
This forum in general is so biased against MS but yet 95% of you people use it. Turn off your windows machine and boot up linux. I am sure most of the linux users who know what they are doing will appreciate the how do I posts in the linux forums.
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cyrus369
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said by swiftymc :
Someone give me one reason why we should trust microsoft to protect us against something they were originally leaving us wide open to...
and hey....heres an idea...FIX YOUR F*CKING BROWSER AND WE WOULDNT HAVE THESE SPYWARE PROBLEMS!!!!!!!
We dont need more add-on CRAP taking up memory so one program can fix another
and the 10 yr old responds with cursing and more garbage that offers no help what so ever. if you really do not trust microsoft so much go use linux, bsd, mac, whatever so you wont have to deal with them anymore and we wont have to read responses like that either.
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cyrus369
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said by ame055 :
ye Microsoft sells us crappy buggy software, then releases a million windows updates to patch the problem.
Why can't they test their stuff more, so we users don't have to do it for them (for free).
What worries me is if Microsoft somehow decides to make this spyware tool built into future windows editions. Just like the silly excuse for a firewall they put into Windows XP !!!
They are making other companies go bankrupt by monopolizing everything.
IMAGINE IF in a 100 years the ONLY software company on earth is MICROSOFT !!!
well now, test more? thats brillant! why didt microsoft do that? well why dont you go through the millions of lines of code that is windows and try to fix bugs? windows is a great os, windows xp is rock solid and they have done a dam good job. but the problem is not ms, it people like you that like to whine about every little thing. i dont think i have had a piece of software that does not require to be updated. noone complains when thier new game gets a patch. windows is more complex than most of the other software out and is tasked with more, therefore there are bound to be more bugs. like i said to someone else, if you despise microsoft so much go use something else so you wont have to deal with them.
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said by BosstonesOwn :
And as soon as that becomes the mostly widely used browser the same will happen. People seem to forget that virus writers and the slime balls who make spyware do it to try and make the most impact for spyware tracking users to try and make them buy other stuff is a money gimmick. So they go after the biggest population to try and make the most money.
This forum in general is so biased against MS but yet 95% of you people use it. Turn off your windows machine and boot up linux. I am sure most of the linux users who know what they are doing will appreciate the how do I posts in the linux forums.
I wouldn't say that 95% of the people here are biased against microsoft. There is just a vocal group here, but I am sure you would find that a majority of the people here are not biased against one operating system or another. Most of us know the pluses and minues of each one.
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swiftymc
join:2004-02-15
Mansfield Center, CT
| reply to cyrus369
said by cyrus369 :
>and the 10 yr old responds with cursing and more garbage that offers no help what so ever. if you really do not trust microsoft so much go use linux, bsd, mac, whatever so you wont have to deal with them anymore and we wont have to read responses like that either.
You seem to lack the intelligence to understand what I said was simply my opinion. Have your opinion...whatever you want. When you dish out near $100 for the operating system, you should be getting something of quality not something that in all the right minds should have federal warning stickers stating that if you do not secure the product yourself, you risk getting your Identity, Credit card number(s) any or all personal information stolen. Or could get tangled into a web of having your computer hijacked to be used in illegal acts which include but are not limited to, Denial of service attacks, war dialing, password cracking and hosting illegal files such as copyrighted music and programs. |
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electric_dsl
join:2004-07-20
Pickering, ON
| identity theft occurs more from people entering their info into bogus banking sites and from hackers breaking into "secure sites" and stealing it.
Besides just because you have an opinion does not mean we have to hear or read it. Your "opinion" was extremely ignorant cand childish and frankly would have better off being kept to youself.
People being ignorant and not protecting themselves is not the fault of microsoft. In fact if you had the MS firewall on you would not have got the Sasser worm. The tools are thetr, MS can't make you use them. |
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cyrus369
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said by swiftymc :
said by cyrus369 :
>and the 10 yr old responds with cursing and more garbage that offers no help what so ever. if you really do not trust microsoft so much go use linux, bsd, mac, whatever so you wont have to deal with them anymore and we wont have to read responses like that either.
You seem to lack the intelligence to understand what I said was simply my opinion. Have your opinion...whatever you want. When you dish out near $100 for the operating system, you should be getting something of quality not something that in all the right minds should have federal warning stickers stating that if you do not secure the product yourself, you risk getting your Identity, Credit card number(s) any or all personal information stolen. Or could get tangled into a web of having your computer hijacked to be used in illegal acts which include but are not limited to, Denial of service attacks, war dialing, password cracking and hosting illegal files such as copyrighted music and programs.
so you basically expect microsoft to secure their product against every little bug and/or user action that the mind can think of? it is not microsofts fault that everyone puts their product under a microscope to find every little thing wrong with it and then develops a exploit for it. YES all those thing you say can happen, but war dialing? did you just copy that from somewhere? war dialing is old and never used unless it took on a new definition that im unaware of. most of what you say can be avoided by common sense. but its like saying its gm's fault for not securing their cars against car jackers. or its mcdonalds fault for serving unhealthy food and people get fat because of it. or how about houses, they get broken into, vandalized, etc.... so should be blame the builder for not securing it enough? after all we pay 150k or more for a house i would expect it to not get broken into or vandalized. for what i paid it should provide me with the security to protect against all of it. if you want to use the internet in any shape or form you will have to get used to the insecurities of it and subject yourself to the dangers of it everyday just like you do when you venture out into the world.
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swiftymc
join:2004-02-15
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2 edits | said by cyrus369 :
so you basically expect microsoft to secure their product against every little bug and/or user action that the mind can think of?
Ok...We start with Windows 95, then 98a 98b and/or 98SE(with possible revision's released), Windows NT(I forget is there were service packs), Windows ME, Windows 2000 including 4 service pack updates and now Windows XP with 2 service packs.
After atleast 5+ years, there are an unimaginable number of sploits popping up like popcorn in a microwave.
said by cyrus369 :
YES all those thing you say can happen, but war dialing? did you just copy that from somewhere? war dialing is old and never used unless it took on a new definition that im unaware of. most of what you say can be avoided by common sense
old and never used? There is a WHOLE new generation of war dialing happening right now. A friend of mine has over 100k bots and atleast 20k have a dialup modem installed with phoneline still attached. Give me your phone number and I could have 20k phone from all over the world calling you 24/7
said by cyrus369 :
but its like saying its gm's fault for not securing their cars against car jackers. or its mcdonalds fault for serving unhealthy food and people get fat because of it. or how about houses, they get broken into, vandalized, etc.... so should be blame the builder for not securing it enough? after all we pay 150k or more for a house i would expect it to not get broken into or vandalized. for what i paid it should provide me with the security to protect against all of it. if you want to use the internet in any shape or form you will have to get used to the insecurities of it and subject yourself to the dangers of it everyday just like you do when you venture out into the world.
Theres a reason cars have seat belts, and why you can get home owners insurance, enough said. I only hope you can see how ignorant you are |
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cyrus369
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| said by swiftymc :
said by cyrus369 :
so you basically expect microsoft to secure their product against every little bug and/or user action that the mind can think of?
Ok...We start with Windows 95, then 98a 98b and/or 98SE(with possible revision's released), Windows NT(I forget is there were service packs), Windows ME, Windows 2000 including 4 service pack updates and now Windows XP with 2 service packs.
After atleast 5+ years, there are an unimaginable number of sploits popping up like popcorn in a microwave.
said by cyrus369 :
YES all those thing you say can happen, but war dialing? did you just copy that from somewhere? war dialing is old and never used unless it took on a new definition that im unaware of. most of what you say can be avoided by common sense
old and never used? There is a WHOLE new generation of war dialing happening right now. A friend of mine has over 100k bots and atleast 20k have a dialup modem installed with phoneline still attached. Give me your phone number and I could have 20k phone from all over the world calling you 24/7
said by cyrus369 :
but its like saying its gm's fault for not securing their cars against car jackers. or its mcdonalds fault for serving unhealthy food and people get fat because of it. or how about houses, they get broken into, vandalized, etc.... so should be blame the builder for not securing it enough? after all we pay 150k or more for a house i would expect it to not get broken into or vandalized. for what i paid it should provide me with the security to protect against all of it. if you want to use the internet in any shape or form you will have to get used to the insecurities of it and subject yourself to the dangers of it everyday just like you do when you venture out into the world.
Theres a reason cars have seat belts, and why you can get home owners insurance, enough said. I only hope you can see how ignorant you are
sure you can have my phone number but i have no modem, and i doubt your friend has 100k bots with 20k he actually calls up over phone lines. war dialing to me is a program used to dial out random or in some order of numbers trying to find a computer to connect to. this practice im sure is outlawed and watched by the phone companies. what your talking about is something totally diffrent. im not going to argue points(im ignorant remember?) but sense you are so smart why dont you go on over to microsoft and look over the millions and millions of lines of code and fix it since it seems to be so easy.
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swiftymc
join:2004-02-15
Mansfield Center, CT | Thanks for a good laugh...thats all ive got to say. |
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cyrus369
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Thanks for a good laugh...thats all ive got to say.
no problem, if your so smart though why dont you just get a job fixing the problems instead of whining on a forum?
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swiftymc
join:2004-02-15
Mansfield Center, CT
| said by cyrus369 :
said by swiftymc :
Thanks for a good laugh...thats all ive got to say.
no problem, if your so smart though why dont you just get a job fixing the problems instead of whining on a forum?
Who said I coded...please, someone point it out. |
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cyrus369
join:2002-09-16
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| said by swiftymc :
said by cyrus369 :
said by swiftymc :
Thanks for a good laugh...thats all ive got to say.
no problem, if your so smart though why dont you just get a job fixing the problems instead of whining on a forum?
Who said I coded...please, someone point it out.
who said you did? i just said since you like to complain so much you should get a job and become part of the solution.
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