Re: Where is Microsoft Anti-Virus????
From: Richard Urban (richardurbanREMOVETHIS_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 09/24/04
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Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2004 19:51:20 -0400
Sorry you don't want to do that. But, if you don't, you will not have
antivirus protection. Period!
-- Regards: Richard Urban aka Crusty (-: Old B@stard :-) "Seth Brundle" <brundlefly76@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:53e2ec95.0409231344.40fb3f37@posting.google.com... > When completing my install of Service Pack 2, I was happy to see the > firewall preconfigured and up-front to the user, which was an > excellent step forward in security for Windows. > > However, I was shocked to see a balloon suggesting I purchase a > third-party antivirus program (!!!) > > Microsoft, as a non open-source operating system company, needs to > accept responsibility for anti-virus products, or open up its source > code. Only those in possesion of the source code itself are best able > to manage a comprehensive and fast-response antivirus system. > > To both acknowledge that your operating system is virus-prone and > suggest you pay someone else to protect you from Microsoft's insecure > software is very ironic. > > Rather then promoting the anti-virus market by advertising third-party > products, why isnt Microsoft simply accepting the reponsibility of its > operating system security from end to end with an anti-virus > product??? As the owner of the OS, source code, and Windows > developers, and as one of the most cash-laden companies in the world, > they alone are best equipped to undertake this task, yet they seem > fine with simply letting their lack of security support a third-party > software market. > > I dont want to pay $80 for my operating system, then pay another 50% > of the cost of the netire operating system to a third party to protect > me from its vulnerabilities - having the OS reccommend this is > insulting. > > ????
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