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![[*]](./images/newkfblue/default_icon.gif) Post 416784 posted on 9-9-2010 at 03:06 PM |
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The old chestnut Windoze vs Mac vs Linux
An interesting article in relation to the security, or lack thereof, in various OSs. It also puts paid to some of the favourite lines (of which, I am
guilty) that hackers only target the biggest, i.e. MS. Have a read and tell us what you think.
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| Post 416797 posted on 9-9-2010 at 08:09 PM |
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Oh where to start 
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| Post 416811 posted on 9-9-2010 at 09:41 PM |
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Tell me about it, the article is so flawed I don't know where to start. Especially with the outdated concept that M$ is insecure. OK it is, but
nowhere near as bad as OS X or even Linux recently.
Win Vista and Win 7 changed a lot of peoples views on M$ security, and they've taken the initiative and evolved. They are still not perfect but they
are far better than Apple these days for both time to fix and also transparency.
OS X and Linux both suffer from the same security flaw, you only have to 0wn the user to own the system. Plus the recent 8 year security risk in the
Kernel...
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