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To: Martin E. Frankel who wrote (34484)5/24/2003 10:06:39 PM
From: Zardoz  Read Replies (1) of 110582
 
Thanks. I couldn't agree with you more re: putting in a good anti-Trojan program and a good firewall (and a good spyware remover and registry cleaner as well). I'm running Win2000 Pro on my servers and workstations and Win XP Pro on my notebook... each with over a gig of ram. Perhaps I'm being too cautious, but I've read too many articles about which is better for the novice (like myself).

I see you realize that you are only stopping the amateur's attacks on your system. The problem of security is not the programs you are required to prevent these attacks; but is the nature of MSFT Operating System: which is nothing more then a glorified virus itself. Although I use windows 98se & Windows XP Pro, I can honestly say that there are THOUSANDS of ways into any system. I've written so many computers viruses in my life time, so many registry linkers, trackers, Trojans {none lately, lol} that I can say this:

UNTIL an OPERATING SYSTEM is written with the idea of being a protected module, where no software can gain access to it via any methodology. Then there will be no such thing as a secure computer. And all these cleaners, firewalls, etc programs will only deter amateurs, or make people become professionals

All problems stem from the design of the OS... MSFT/UNIX etc should be ashamed of themselves
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