Posted on 01/05/2005 10:38:14 AM PST by Happy2BMe
I heard that too. You can bet some corporate pig is going to pick it up, and charge for the software and updates.
Well, unfortunately for me, my company decides such things.
No doubt; If that is the case, I'll buy Spy Sweeper; I couldn't believe how many things it found that Ad-Ware and SpyBot missed.
OH puhleeze....... I've had enough problems with IE and spyware targeted to IE to ward me off of ever using IE again.
As they should. I can't see good enough reason for a large company to use anything other than Microsoft for Office Automation or for their OS on the common desktop.
As true operating systems go, it is very weak!!!
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You've hit paydirt, MarkL.
If Micro$oft were not so greedy and sold their OS at a price point that was within reach of the average PC user, they would be ten times larger and 1,000 times more popular than they are now.
$29 for XP Home and $49 for XP Pro would reap a financial harvest of mind boggling proportions for the MicroFortunes. A pittance of the extra revenue (it would be tens of millions by then) could then go back into developing a more secure operating system.
All those software engineers, so little common sense.
So, don't buy it. Personally, the suite of features included in Windows XP and its ease of use impresses the heck out of me. I spent $99 on it and I believe I got my money's worth. It certainly works well in my home where my wife and kids can navigate it and use it without much assistance. At work it functions well too. And, yes, I also use different flavors of Unix and Linux (desktop and server) but they are really only suited for specific tasks and services, not for a primary desktop or office automation.
Gotta keep that revenue stream flowing, eh?
from the creators of the problem, at great expense to consumers, come the solution to the problem, at more expense to consumers.
if bill had left his operating system based on unix, as is the mac, there would not be all of these problems.
I have pretty much the same setup as you. I downloaded and ran Giant last week and it found a keylogger that AAW, SBSAD, and all the other stuff missed for months.
The Cosa Nostra pioneered this method of doing business
Really. They've got some nerve don't they? This should be included in the cost of the system. Hey MS, you really should re-think this.
No doubt. When Spy Bot showed my system was clean, Spy Sweeper found about a half dozen pieces of spyware.
I try not to think about how many hours of hell microsoft's shoddy products have put me through. Fortunately, I no longer support windows computers. Otherwise, I'd probably gone postal some time back. I laugh at all the viruses, worms, and spyware windows users have to deal with. What's even funnier, is that it now takes 5 or six programs in addition to windows just to make a computer somewhat safe to use on the internet. Windows is only inexpensive if you don't value your time or sanity.
Really? Did they start including a complete office suite with windows now? Do they have an image editor that works on something besides BMPs? Does it come with a fax program, and something to work with your digital camera? (if you have one) Does it give you a choice of multiple different browsers and email programs so you can choose the one that works best for you? Does it have a compiler, debugger, and full-featured HTML editor? Does windows (xp-home) now come with web and http servers?
Perhaps I'd be impressed if it came with all that (and much more besides), like my Fedora Linux distribution did.
But I'm like you. If I were an island I would've dumped this crap long ago.
AVG 7.0 Free user here. Great detection, but one ugly interface. Well, at least I never have to run it.
What a difference Firefox makes. Still get generic spyware but viruses are almost non-existent.
I bought Norton for an extra PC because I couldn't use my main system to scan it (via the network). The system files were protected. I was concerned that I was accumlating viruses even while I was using Firefox. Not a single virus after six weeks of use.
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