More virus education for Maccies 61
Mitch
The child of ten years ago learned what to do with a VCR. He grew by his experience. You can't say "people still do foolish things" because the next generation comes along to learn.
No I'm not.
That's what viruses and malware are.
I'll remember to quote that when one of the Wintaliban again babbles about a new Mac "virus". Thanks for admitting that your "only...
No it's not. Viruses and malware are acts of sabotage, not products of poor OS design. They grew out of misues of techniques to automate things for the user.
There is no protection against an attack that tricks a user into co-operating with it. Besides that, Windows also has user permissions and access.
Yes, and that's where most successful Windows attacks occur.
No, attachments are scanned by AV software. From the ISP level on down.
Untrue.
Incorrect.
Yes it is. It's enough to for 830 million users worldwide to make use of Windows every day.
You're spreading FUD. Nothing is unclear about that.
That is not a logical conclusion. It's like saying because an airplane fell through your roof, your home builder "screwed up."
All OS vendors have "failed" in that regard.
No they're not. They offer free AV software, and there's plenty of third party products.
If your FUD was right, nobody would be using Windows now.
I've read many posts from Linux and Mac advocates who declare that impossible to provide for Windows. Those are the ones who believe the B.S. that there are at least 100,000 viruses that will infect your Windows PC within two minutes of connecting it to the Internet...