makes you wonder doesn't it?

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Jonty

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teeheehee, and would anyone like to guess for how long the Linux version of that antivirus software will last? ;) Also of note is Microsoft's purchase of Connectix, who make arguably the best software for running Windows on a Mac. Whilst this software may stand a greater chance of survival, those more sceptical than myself say this product is also doomed.

Going back to the original point, and putting fears surrounding Linux aside, having an integrated virus scanner in, say, Longhorn, could prove quite a useful addition for most home users. Now yes, you can argue until the cows come home about the unfairness of bundling, but we already know any such software will be simple, basic and do the bare minimum necessary, which in this case is keeping the masses safe from viruses. If people want more sophistiation, than they are free to go and buy/use a dedicated product, but at least their will be some protection against those seeking to bring misery on the masses :)

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Kind Regads
 
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Deadmanwalking

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If their dumb enough to not use AV/Firewall they deserve everything they get.

*pats firebox*
 
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Embattle

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I reckon there must of been some technology they wanted, or something ;)
 
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kameleon

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<Simpsons>"OK boys, buy them out"</Simpsons>
 
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Mellow-

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You only really need port 80 and 21 open, so why not make an inbuilt firewall only permit those ports?
 
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Xavier

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surely you only need 80 and 21 completely open if you're hosting, rather than surfing WWW and FTP?

There are plenty of games which require specific open ports, certain messaging clients need a little more flexability too... there is no real hard-and-fast rule.
 
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nath

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Originally posted by Deadmanwalking.
If their dumb enough to not use AV/Firewall they deserve everything they get.

*pats firebox*
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It amuses me that that you're slagging off peoples intelligence, while being thick enough to not know how to run a computer safely, sans firewall.



And by the way, do *nix users really worry about virii? Certainly the people I know that use it don't. But then again, it takes a certain degree of computer literacy to use *nix, and about the same amount to avoid virii without AV software.
 
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Testin da Cable

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Originally posted by nath


And by the way, do *nix users really worry about virii? Certainly the people I know that use it don't. But then again, it takes a certain degree of computer literacy to use *nix, and about the same amount to avoid virii without AV software.
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certainly *nix users worry about viri (or at least they should be aware of them heh). viri are everywhere these days, and even if it's not doing much sitting on a unix box somewhere and targeted specifically at a windows doesn't mean it's not a potential disaster and should be zapped.
unix has it's own share of shite that needs to be counteracted just as actively as the doze specific viri. usually the *nix stuff tends to be a lot better thought out (and thus far more insidious and hard to combat) than the vb-script churning teenager can ever imagine. personally I blame that damned "ease of use" for most of the doze panic. luckily windows is starting to catch on what unix has been doing for years :)
 
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