On Mon, 9 Jun 2003 10:26:55 -0400 JoeHill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, 9 Jun 2003 15:15:42 +0100 > RichardA <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> uttered: > > > 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. > > same experience here, but unfortunately it's not currently relevant. > If you were using Win98 anything more than 3 years ago, you simply > cannot compare the two time-frames. With worms and virii, it is > literally reaching the point of exasperation with the majority of > Windows users, and that has been the situation since maybe mid 2001. > The problem certainly existed before that, obviously, but it's only > been in the years since XP was released that it's become so egregious, > since it includes so many features that enable users to do things like > run an IIS web server without knowing the slightest thing about it, > and the dangers involved. Steve Gibson was right, XP has been the > worst thing to hit the internet since spam. > > -- > Joehill > Registered Linux user #282046 > Homepage: http://nodex.sytes.net > 10:21:38 up 6 days, 8:25, 3 users, load average: 0.08, 0.02, 0.04
Good point. I haven't used Windows at home for a while. I think the IIS thing started in Win2K. Our install instructions at work say "tell it not to install IIS", then "turn off the IIS it installed". Richard -- Registered Linux user 246658 at http://counter.li.org
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