> Given what security features that are switched on in Vista/Win7 when first > installed that were off by design in XP it isn't that high a hurdle to > jump.
Even so, this doesn't detract from the validity of the statement. Vista/7 are far more secure than XP in a default installation, what the vast majority of home users will run. XP can be made secure. I have about 100 people running XP as a non-hardened LUA user and IE as their only browser, with only client-based anti-virus and a perimeter firewall. We haven't had a malware issue since 2002, when we still ran Win98 and the virus came in on a system that had a non-functioning A/V via web mail. ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
