On 09 Jun 2003 09:13:25 +1000 Stephen Kuhn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, 2003-06-09 at 02:00, Anne Wilson wrote: > Look, even "out of the box" or "brownbag" - literally any linux distro > upon initial installation and configuration (granted that passwords > HAVE been put in place) is going to be able to sit nicely without very > many issues as opposed to a Windows installation "brownbag" - the Win > box is going to get hit FIRST TIME SURFING with either adware or > spyware - irregardless of what or where the user surfs to - but that > cannot happen on a linux box.
I think that's a wild exaggeration. I surfed for years using Win98 and never once had a problem. Admittedly I was cautious, and later started using Eudora, Opera and ZoneAlarm, but I started out with IE, OE etc. Look at XP. It was released with a known vulnerabilty (UPNP), but many people are probably unpatched and still surfing without having been hit. Richard -- Registered Linux user 246658 at http://counter.li.org
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