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I think I'll stick to Windows' built in firewall :)

I think I'll stick to Windows' built in firewall :)

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Yes this company became irrelevant after XP SP2

Anyone care to comment on this:

>>The simplest, most cost-effective answer I know of? Don't use Microsoft Windows when accessing your bank account online. <<

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Ocean, the report says to use Linux off of a live CD would be the best idea, there are some problems with this

A. The company big or small will have no control over how an employee uses the live CD, meaning the may be wasting time.

Also the report does not mention what version of Windows they were using, if maybe a set of software caused the exploit.

Had these business owners enacted better security policies this would not had happened, and hate to tell you Linux isn't free for business, they actually charge for that.

I wouldn't get it, even free. Steve Gibson stopped recommending it a long time ago after it got as bloated as the other security suites.

What?! No posts about the mess that is Windows Mobile? All that is going on and you don't post a thing about it? Been told by Microsoft not to touch the subject, I bet.

ZoneAlarm is quite a good security suite but I have been using the built-in Windows Vista\7 firewall which is more than adequate for my needs.

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Credit card required. Which means they are probably counting on you forgetting about it a year from now, so they can auto-bill you.

I prefer the Windows 7 firewall, but thanks for the heads up! BTW... Have you heard the LATEST Snow Leopard debauchery?? It's deleting peoples data when they log into the guest account!? lol Stupid Apple...

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Online Armor >>  www.tallemu.com/products-online-armor-free.php

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Just wondering: will there a post on Sidekick and T-Mobile?

You know, thousands and thousands of people lost their online stuff forever thanks to a failing MS-server.

This is what Mike prolly means 'MS is taking care of its customers'. Don't talk about it in MS-sponsored blogs....

...but we all know Windows just sucks and Microsoft doesn't care about their customers.

Got it! I'm a free stuff hoarding sucker. I won't need it, so I'll probably give it away. Probably my father. He loves bloat-ware.

3 year license, so no auto-billing until after my card expires. Though, I don't expect it anyway.

Another thing that slow down computers...

" the report does not mention what version of Windows they were using"

$10 says it was companies that stuck with XP.

"failing MS-server. "

More like a proprietary Danger server mix based on open source solutions.  And he has talked about it.

Logjamming  said: "...but we all know Windows just sucks and Microsoft doesn't care about their customers."

Yes sure... In general companies that doesn't care about their customers get 95% of the market... Yeah sure...

*sarcasticaly*

"You know, thousands and thousands of people lost their online stuff forever thanks to a failing MS-server."

WRONG!  It was Danger's server that Microsoft inherited.  Microsoft didn't change the original technology.

"This is what Mike prolly means 'MS is taking care of its customers'."

You mean like this?:

windowsitpro.com/.../many-sidekick-users-out-of-danger-data-restore-possible-microsoft-says.html

"proprietary [Danger server] mix based on open source solutions"

Sound familiar?

Snow Leopard anyone?

@ EricoF3

Hence the vendor lock-in I was talking about. But I'm sure you make your living by gridlocking businesses with MS server and client contracts they can't get out of and subsequently call it 'taking care of our customors'.

OSX usage peeks in the weekend and you guys know why this is: when people have a choice at home (rather than at work), people would like to use OSX.

@ Waethorn

"WRONG!  It was Danger's server that Microsoft inherited.  Microsoft didn't change the original technology."

So, basically you're saying: if I buy or rent a house and my water supply fails, leaving your house flooded (you're my neighbor in this example), I should forward your complaint to the owner before me?

Terrific.

@Logger: "So, basically you're saying..."

I don't think your example makes sense.

It's more like this: If I buy a house in January, rent it to you in February, and in March the roof collapses because of prolonged damage that was hidden, accountability fails to the previous owner, not the current owner.

EricoF3 said: Yes sure... In general companies that doesn't care about their customers get 95% of the market... Yeah sure...

88% of the desktop market

Negligible share of handhelds

Negligible share of internet search

50% server market

Bleeding market share in internet browsing.

Erico, get your facts straight and then you may distort...

@Logger: "Hence the vendor lock-in I was talking about. But I'm sure you make your living by gridlocking businesses with MS server and client contracts they can't get out of and subsequently call it 'taking care of our customors'."

I'm glad you brought this up again.  Why would any business pay twice as much for a computer system if it is not necessary?  It would be bad business practices to "waste" money on a considerably more expensive system (Mac) just because the user interface is preferable.

Sure, you can argue better hardware, but the quality difference is not enough to warrant the vast difference in price.

"WRONG!  It was Danger's server that Microsoft inherited.  Microsoft didn't change the original technology."

That's your defense? Wow, you're more of an apologist than I thought. See, that's the problem, poutine-girl. They sat on it for over a year, and didn't even put in a simple backup. What a colossal blunder.

"...recovering SOME lost content MAY be possible."

Whoopee..

I wasn't' trying to indemnify Microsoft.  However, this was not a failure of software or hardware made by MS.  It was a failure of IT best practices which the likes of logjamming and RJ have no knowledge of.  The blame still does lie with MS, but let's make sure our criticism is properly directed.

Balthazar9  said: "88% of the desktop market

Negligible share of handhelds

Negligible share of internet search\

50% server market

Bleeding market share in internet browsing.

Erico, get your facts straight and then you may distort..."

Haaa Come onnnn ... 88% ... 95% ... 90%... The percentage is not important... You all understand what I said...

"Wow, you're more of an apologist than I thought. See, that's the problem, poutine-girl. They sat on it for over a year, and didn't even put in a simple backup."

They also didn't rebrand the service.  Branding is everything.  This is only making the news because a company as large as Microsoft can't hide behind their purchases of other brands.

BTW:  Where was that argument of yours when Apple was releasing iPods with viruses and blamed a nameless Chinese ODM?