Microsoft gives up on spyware

[SoundTheSurrender]

http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1945808,00.asp

 

[boomerang]

Yikes! This is bad.........:Q

 

[SoundTheSurrender]

Makes me really confident in Vista : p

 

[jeffeh]

Not to sure what to expect from Vista. They seem to be dropping all the important aspects that people want. Oh well, their lose. All hail Apple

 

[teddyv]

So I am guessing I should start thinking about adding a wickedly fast smaller drive just for my OS?

 

[flashbacck]

"Social engineering is a very, very effective technique. We have statistics that show significant infection rates for the social engineering malware. Phishing is a major problem because there really is no patch for human stupidity," he said.

 

[jimbob200521]

Oh noes....

 

[IAteYourMother]

so make it illegal and use it as an extension of US foreign policy so that we can invade those fvkers.

 

[LikeLinus]

Originally posted by: jeffeh
Not to sure what to expect from Vista. They seem to be dropping all the important aspects that people want. Oh well, their lose. All hail Apple

This has NOTHING to do with Vista (or Apple for that matter). Vista is very focused on spyware/malware. It's going to have "Windows Defender" built into the system.

http://news.com.com/Spyware-killing+Vis...ke+out+rivals/2100-1029_3-6050733.html

More info.

 

[Ulfwald]

Time to really switch over to Linux servers, workstations, etc.

 

[micr0be]

It's all good people, soon the Microsoft marketing team / spin doctors will convince us that Windows Defender & Vista will keep us secure.

 

[micr0be]

Yes. A fvckn great idea. Except. Linux runs none of my favorite programs or games. LOL

And what makes you think Linux is immune to MalwarE?!

 

[thehstrybean]

Wow...That's fun...

 

[Minerva]

If everyone started using Linux all in a sudden you would have all kinds of malware attacking your roots. Then the abandoned MS platform would suddenly become immune to new threats. See a pattern here?

Cut off your RJ45's and wrap your head up in wool blankets if you want to be safe. -M

 

[her209]

Originally posted by: Minerva
If everyone started using Linux all in a sudden you would have all kinds of malware attacking your roots. Then the abandoned MS platform would suddenly become immune to new threats. See a pattern here?

Cut off your RJ45's and wrap your head up in wool blankets if you want to be safe. -M

No, its called, stop fvckin' visiting pr0nsites with admin privileges.

 

[jagec]

Only a user with no common sense and no firewall will get infected. It's sort of like STDs, really.

 

[Fraggable]

It's sad, but what they said is true. Windows is as good as dead if you get a nasty rootkit. I'm not enough of a programmer to know if MS does a shoddy job of actually defending against them so I won't throw mud.

There's no way I'll switch to Linux, there's so little software and drivers available for it.

I might switch to Mac OS if it gets bad enough or Vista is a big pile of poop.

 

[sniperruff]

Originally posted by: jagec
Only a user with no common sense and no firewall will get infected. It's sort of like STDs, really.

most of the time. i remember the freaking blaster worm though.

 

[potato28]

Originally posted by: Minerva
If everyone started using Linux all in a sudden you would have all kinds of malware attacking your roots. Then the abandoned MS platform would suddenly become immune to new threats. See a pattern here?

Cut off your RJ45's and wrap your head up in wool blankets if you want to be safe. -M

The general public wouldnt touch Linux with a 4 foot pole. Once the command prompt stuff is gone, M$ would be screwed.

 

[DaiShan]

Originally posted by: Ulfwald
Time to really switch over to Linux servers, workstations, etc.

Linux is your friend That being said, I manage ~2000 workstations and spyware is kept under control with software and human policies.

 

[GTaudiophile]

What is a rootkit?

 

[Fraggable]

Originally posted by: DaiShan

Originally posted by: Ulfwald
Time to really switch over to Linux servers, workstations, etc.

Linux is your friend That being said, I manage ~2000 workstations and spyware is kept under control with software and human policies.

There is no alternative to smart surfing and a general understanding of computer security. Sadly, the average computer user will never have either of those.

I'm looking into server-level spyware scanning now, there doesn't seem to be a ton of great products out there.

Great. I just ran RootkitRevealer and it looks like I have at least 1. I installed this OS 2 weeks ago.

 

[FoBoT]

Originally posted by: GTaudiophile
What is a rootkit?

think of it as the mother of all viruses

sort of

 

[DaiShan]

Originally posted by: Fraggable

Originally posted by: DaiShan

Originally posted by: Ulfwald
Time to really switch over to Linux servers, workstations, etc.

Linux is your friend That being said, I manage ~2000 workstations and spyware is kept under control with software and human policies.

There is no alternative to smart surfing and a general understanding of computer security. Sadly, the average computer user will never have either of those.

I'm looking into server-level spyware scanning now, there doesn't seem to be a ton of great products out there.

Great. I just ran RootkitRevealer and it looks like I have at least 1. I installed this OS 2 weeks ago.

You sys admins need to at least use a proxy to control access to websites, letting your users surf wherever they want is asking to get an infection.

 

[mrSHEiK124]

Originally posted by: flashbacck

"Social engineering is a very, very effective technique. We have statistics that show significant infection rates for the social engineering malware. Phishing is a major problem because there really is no patch for human stupidity," he said.

The man has a point. Linux won't save you from "But they said that as a valued PayPal customer they needed my password, SSN, credit card number, checking account, driver's license number, bank routing number........."