Author: Slater Wold
Date: 10:34:45 10/28/01
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On October 28, 2001 at 13:22:07, Dana Turnmire wrote: > Even though Windows XP may be a faster operating system I don't know if it >would off balance the problems concerning security. I don't wish to bash >Microsoft but it may be of interest to anyone to look at the issue of open >sockets and other matters. > Check out this website: http://grc.com/default.htm I don't consider this bashing MS. It's a valid concern. But I believe (and MS too) that if you get a virus on a machine with 95, 98, ME, 2000, or XP, the result will be the same. It's just a *tad* worse with XP, because of the open sockets. It's not MS's job to keep the *bad* software out. Fix: Get anti-virus software, and always use a firewall.
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