Comments on: Vista more secure than Mac OSX and Linux?

By: bob

bob — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 02:27:32 +0000

I dont think vista is more secure than other distros. Meta exploits can still attack it. And soon as you install firefox with ie you are vunerable.

More so, numbers can me moulded. I agree with this statment. At our work, we sell clients a vista computer. However, it comes with downgrade XP cd’s. We use these to remove vista and install XP on it. However, microsoft count it as a vista sale. silly hey?

By: Sandeep Nain

Sandeep Nain — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 02:46:18 +0000

Well I find this integer adding captcha is better than those image ones.. it sometimes is really hard understand the letters in the image.

By: TheRealDonQuixote

TheRealDonQuixote — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 16:03:52 +0000

I have a “spam catching” app/service on my wordpress blog and it sometimes throws out the baby with the bath water. I wish I could have the adding “captcha” thingy. Akismet catches almost all the spam, AND I lose some real comments too. However, its free and I can’t afford my own hosting.

By: Nobody_Holme

Nobody_Holme — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 12:45:26 +0000

ARGH! tried to agree that it catches me sometimes and what do I do? :’( @ my maths skillz.

By: Darknet

Darknet — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 07:38:18 +0000

Yeah always copy to the clipboard, sorry about that guys but without extra measures the spam is over-whelming and I always lose real comments.

By: TheRealDonQuixote

TheRealDonQuixote — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 01:10:40 +0000

@Daniel - I got caught with the “Please add # and #” thing enough times that I always copy all my text before submitting, just in case I waited too long and it gets zapped. That way I can paste the text into another comment if it gets lost.

By: Dan

Dan — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 13:44:55 +0000

Even as a user of VISTA on one of my computers, I think this is pretty much just marketing talk. Of course, the fact the VISTA isn’t exactly popular and doesn’t have a huge market penetration yet isn’t mentioned. I’m sure that there will be plenty of bugs / attacks on VISTA as it is used more.

By: Daniel

Daniel — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 13:09:46 +0000

AAAAHHHH I HATE THAT ADDING CAPTCHA!!! I WROTE A HUGE POST AND I CANT ADD!!!!!

oh well sorry to yell’ ill write it again later

By: TheRealDonQuixote

TheRealDonQuixote — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 07:00:50 +0000

Sandeep: I use Kubuntu right now cause I need the pure KDE desktop to match BackTrack. So far Guard Dog is the best balance of control and ease of use for a firewall. KlamAV + ClamAV works well enough for viri. As for spyware and other assorted malware I’m stuck with the CLI and manual scans with CHrootkit.

That’s not too bad for a burgeoning system. Also I run TORk when I feel like being all stealthy. Still, I’ll probably go back to Slax and backtrack when I’m done with my current project.

By: Sandeep Nain

Sandeep Nain — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 05:48:42 +0000

Well yes UBUNTU has given a totally new dimnsion to *nix OS. People who used to be scared of uneasy user interface of *nix systems, now find UBUNTU much easier to use and maintain.. the installation is all so easy and can be done with just one click..

On the same note, hardening a *nix system is not difficut too. if properly hardened I’m sure ubuntu (debian based OS) is much more secure than resource hungry VISTA and for sure XP