![]() So it’s a moot argument, and it’s getting tiresome. Same would happen to linux if you had autorun on and ran as root like most windows users do and would in linux. “That’s not to mention that you can apparently install rootkits on a Windows XP PC simply by entering a Sony copy-protected CD…” Those same people would run as root on linux and enter their passwords for every nude screen saver they ran accross on the net, causing their boxes to get root kitted just as fast as a windows box. This is a double standard, linux users are assumed to use non-root accounts, whereas windows users are assumed to have admin accounts, and this is used as proof that windows is “teh insecure”, it’s getting lame, compare equal settings, it’s possible to secure either linux or windows, calling windows insecure because lots of people don’t bother with the OS’s security features is disingenuous. All the security concerns of XP are due to the user, the user chooses to run as root and run IMs as root, the OS allows you to run IMs with no system access. How do you quantify the assertion that it is less secure than linux or Mac? More stats from the ass of the anti-MSers. Recently, there’s been a rootkit being spread through an IM client!” It is still a less secure OS than Linux or Mac OSX by default. “XP SP2 solved many security issues, but not all. ![]() That’s not the same thing as “no security”. What you mean is that it wasn’t secure enough to connect to the net with old versions without a firewall. How long does it take for a Vanilla XP install to get hacked if you connect it to the net? Hint: it less than the time it takes for you to download the necessary security packages from the net…” “In any case, XP certainly didn’t have security when it came out. I didn’t correct myself ’cause I was afraid of saying something bad about MS I did so because every slightly exploitable thing said about windows is the subject of dozens of lame jokes and quips and I’m kinda tired of them so I don’t want to be the source of the next one through unfortunate wording. “Man, if you’re not a MS shill, stop acting like one! Are you that afraid of saying something bad against Windows that you must post corrections to your posts when you do?”
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