On Sat, 2004-08-14 at 14:00, Lyvim Xaphir wrote: > On Fri, 2004-08-13 at 23:36, JoeHill wrote: > > On Sat, 14 Aug 2004 12:13:52 +1000 > > Stephen Kühn disseminated the following: > > > > > > More on the complete stupidity of SP2 for XP: > > > > > > > > http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,117380,00.asp > > > > > > > > ...and yeah, Stephen, it's this kind of crap what pays them bills, eh? > > > > > > As usual, Microsoft puts out a product that is already broken. And I'm > > > sure a slew of patches are in the making as we speak. > > > > > > I'm still surprised that a vast majority of the public even bothers with > > > Microsoft products and it´s high maintenance scheme - then again, I > > > shouldn't whinge about it because I do need the money. > > > > This is my fav part: > > > > "Microsoft admits that, in some cases, malicious code could indeed switch the > > firewall off. However, this isn't so much a flaw as a limitation on the role > > firewalls should play in a company's security system, according to Microsoft. > > > > What??!! > > > > "If malicious code makes it past the firewall, it is the role of anti-virus > > software to protect the machine, Overton adds. Likewise, it is not the > > firewall's place to stop malicious code from sending outbound packets--..." > > > > So what the fsck is it good for??!! > > > > LOL! > > > > Nice way to pass the buck *and* pay lip service to security at the same time! > > > > BTW, just had a client that had Norton 2004, fully updated, found no viruses. > > AVG? Found *nine* of them. > > > > So, keep it up MS and Norton! I made 700 bucks this week! > > I had a very similar experience very recently. Some virii bypassed > Symantec's NAV scans entirely and were stopped by an open sourced > scanner I was using. > > Quite frankly the latrine level drivel that M$ continues to vomit forth > is repelling. > > LX
BUT, mind you, it DOES make some of us money, and since M$ refuses to create a product that actually works properly, those of us in the support biz can be rest assured that we have income. And as long as it ain't installed on MY computer, I don't care. If I can't run it in a VMware isolated environment, then I don't want it. -- stephen kuhn - proprietor __________________________________________________________________ illawarra computer services :: a kuhn media australia venture http://kma.0catch.com :: mobile 0410.728.389 Serving Sydney, The Illawarra, South Coast and Rural NSW __________________________________________________________________ * This message was composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer * We expressly refuse to utilise Microsoft DRM encoded documents __________________________________________________________________ Mandrake GNU/Linux 10.0 OE/Kernel 2.6.3-7/ No Viruses here. Happy feast of the pig!
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