"Windows Subsystem for Android declared ready for prime time" - LOL!!!, using "Windows" and "ready" in the same sentence is an oxymoron.
Posts by red03golf
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Windows Subsystem for Android declared ready for prime time
Microsoft struggles to wake from PrintNightmare: Latest print spooler patch can be bypassed, researchers say
True, but that exploit, primarily fruitful against servers because the attackers had time to collect information, was not platform-specific and affected all OSes equally. Choosing to use a more secure OS does not render my computer or data wholly immune or impervious from harm, it only makes it [significantly] more secure than the lesser option. Still, I haven't had to install antivirus or anti-malware software in over two decades. I open and use files I know to be infected with Windows-based exploits, they don't affect and I have no concern for my system or files. I don't pass them to others, but I don't worry for my system. Unfortunately, users of the major proprietary OSes cannot do or say the same. I spend 100 hours / week working on fixing, cleaning, updating, recovering data from mostly Windows-based computers; what a pain and waste of money and time fixing something when there's a better option ... of course, I don't mind too much, I get the satisfaction of helping someone and the fair compensation for the work.
Well, I've been using Linux for 24 years and I haven't had a virus, adware, trojan, worm, ransomware, or any other malware in that time ... feel free to narrow your arbitrarily vague caveat to specifically when I should be concerned and utterly afraid of the conceptually possible, pending doom.
Don't panic... but our fragile world is drifting away from the Sun
We translated Intel's crap attempt to spin its way out of CPU security bug PR nightmare
What's Not Mentioned
I noticed there was no mention of the possibility this was an intentional act to boost product benchmark scores, compared to Intel's rival(s), by purposely avoiding a known processing bottleneck.
It's certainly not tin-foil hat territory to expect corporations to cut corners to garner a competitive edge of rival products, with the understanding of we'll admit to the insecurity later, after we've made $BILLIONS in profit, and roll out the fix.
Cynically, I have no doubt of shameful actions such as the above-mentioned, because rapacious corporations, C-level officers, and board members must absolve themselves of any human decency to maintain a position of privilege, and that supplants anything of value.
Heaps of Windows 10 internal builds, private source code leak online
Re: I'm done with Windows.
Well said!!
I swap dozens of users over to Linux every year, now. They never return with problems, only an occasional question on how to do something - so satisfying.
Prior to that it was customers returning every 6 months, infected, or crashed, or missing files, or running slow, can't get on this site, can't open this file, or or or ...
I bet Gates secretly uses Linux so he doesn't have to worry about getting a virus, or hacked, or ransomware, lol.
It's 2017 and Windows PCs are being owned by EPS files, webpages
Re: Riddled to high heaven
I'm fond of any BSD flavour, but OpenBSD is tighter on security than all the others.
I see a huge difference between the time Linux CVEs, once know of, are dealt with by the community, compared to how slow M$ deals with theirs.
Most of the time it's hours to days for Linux fixes, where, from what I've witnessed over the years, M$ takes anywhere from days to years to fix issues theirs. I seem to recall numerous CVEs which M$ took 6 - 12 months to fix and others years to fix.
Even better is the OpenBSD model, their code is severely scoured and exhaustively scrutinized for possible problems before release, so they opt to only release every 6 months - that's confidence, that's impressive!
Not really.
The security on Unix-variants is different than Windows. What does Windows do to thwart installing software? pops up a box which says "Are you sure you want to install this program? ... OK/Cancel" - which can be scripted to click the OK/YES button and the software gets installed.
If you want to install on a Unix-variant (less secure platforms Mac & Android excepted) you need to know the user's password - that's little detail makes a huge difference in being able to corrupt a non-M$ system.
No system is perfect, but it takes me less than 5 minutes to crack a Windows system remotely. If I have to spend that, or longer, trying to just get past a Linux pw requirement, I'm not going to bother - there are easier targets.
And ^that is precisely why Windows is responsible for being targeted by approximately 85% of all malware - it's so freakin' easy to own a Windows machine. Now, Mac and Android - having changed security requirements - are likewise being hit and gaining % of the malware attempts.
Re: Yes, a constant stream of vulns --
Same here, I put complete newbs on Mint and they're fine right from the start. Likewise, I never get any tech support requests.
Installing Win-X on someone's system guarantees I'll get a call "I can't find my files", "I can't change my home page", "how do I install Java?", "my computer's running slow", ... etc, it's never-ending.