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Re: Virus (OT)

To: "Kai M. Radicke" <kmr@pil.net>, mg list <mgs@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: Virus (OT)
From: Martin <martin@virtual-motors.com>
Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2001 17:01:37 -0500
If you use microsoft products you expose yourself to a greater risk.
Thats a fact. Whether its NT or Outlook. If you want to reduce
your exposure don't use Microsoft products. You are free to
continue to use a defective product if you wish, however.
Several Gov't agencies have droped Microsoft NT because of
its lack of security.
If you use a paperclip to lock the front door of your house
don't blame the burgler who visits you. You could
have used a better product such as a padlock.

"Kai M. Radicke" wrote:

> Blaming Microsoft's products for user ignorance?  Just because Microsoft
> Outlook products are the predominant email software for the vast majority of
> internet users, does not excuse the fact that each and every one of these
> viruses that have affected Microsoft Outlook had to be user initiated!  By
> that I mean, the user opened and viewed the attachment at his or her will.
>
> Viruses (and more specifically virus writers) will always be finding ways to
> exploit the most popular software, if they didn't exploit the most popular
> software it would defeat the purpose of writing a replicating virus to begin
> with.
>
> Yes there are security issues with Outlook, but none that which are so fatal
> and lethal that user awareness can not stop them.  User awareness is the
> issue here, not just Microsoft's poor security practices.
>
> Kai (internet user since 1994, one virus ever, using Microsoft Outlook
> Express since 1998 on Microsoft Windows and the Sun Solaris operating
> system)

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