05-03-2004, 01:53 AM
I don't blame Microsoft for anything. They can do what they want with their software. What Pete and others were saying was because Microsoft software has a lot of possible holes, that when one is exploited in a worm/virus/trojan/etc., it seems only reasonable that Microsoft would supply an automatic update, but they don't. You have to click on your start menu and find the Automatic Update selection manually to get these updates.
Like I said above, I personally don't have a problem with that fact or Microsoft for that matter. I actually find their cutthroat method of business exhilarating and overwhelmingly competitive in an enjoyable way.
I guess most of you people here on the Lounge don't have any elder family members starting on the web now-a-days like I do, but I really can't and don't blame the users because I think most of the poor saps who get infected are new to the web or computers in general (or complete idiots).
The OBVIOUS entity to blame would be the creators of this malicious code. It's easy to say, "if that exploit wasn't there in the first place, then a 'hacker' couldn't have made that virus," or, "those idiots looking at stag pictures keep downloading viruses and spreading them!" If I give some uncultured third world person a computer with internet connection and he gets a virus, am I too say, "geeze, your a moron!" Please...! But I havenât heard a single person in this thread yet blame the creators of the malicious code. Seems like somethingâs wrong here! BLAME goes to the hackers who made the code. However a FIX to the problem must start with the program itself.
Just my 2-cents.
Like I said above, I personally don't have a problem with that fact or Microsoft for that matter. I actually find their cutthroat method of business exhilarating and overwhelmingly competitive in an enjoyable way.
I guess most of you people here on the Lounge don't have any elder family members starting on the web now-a-days like I do, but I really can't and don't blame the users because I think most of the poor saps who get infected are new to the web or computers in general (or complete idiots).
The OBVIOUS entity to blame would be the creators of this malicious code. It's easy to say, "if that exploit wasn't there in the first place, then a 'hacker' couldn't have made that virus," or, "those idiots looking at stag pictures keep downloading viruses and spreading them!" If I give some uncultured third world person a computer with internet connection and he gets a virus, am I too say, "geeze, your a moron!" Please...! But I havenât heard a single person in this thread yet blame the creators of the malicious code. Seems like somethingâs wrong here! BLAME goes to the hackers who made the code. However a FIX to the problem must start with the program itself.
Just my 2-cents.
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