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Microsoft XP Firewall

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mormop:
Wouldn't it be ironic if a bug caused all XP boxes to repeatedly report back bombarding M$ with enough data to constitute an XP based DoS attack,

We can hope, the ultimate embarrassment.

Calum:
it wouldn't be 'ironic', which is a word that has been more misused than any other in the last 10 years or so, however it would be slightly amusing.

None of this will make any difference to A.Dumbass though, who will do what they are told regardless, they get windows, and that's it.

Go on the internet? use windows
send email? use windows
write a letter? use windows
draw a picture? use windows - oh! windows can't draw pictures very well, i'll buy some program to do it.

Anything the OS can do (in a half or no assed way albeit) people will not buy any other program to do it.

Buying, downloading or installing a program is mystical and alien to these people (well maybe not buying, but once they've bought it, how many get a friend who's "in the know" to actually <gasp!> install it?) and if windows comes with a browser, a firewall, a calculator, an email client, and much of the time "comes from the shop" with Microsoft office installed, then those morons will never use anything else no matter how much better the alternative may be, or how shit the thing they're using is. They actually hate being told how shit their software is, because they feel some protective need to think they got their money's worth.

morons.

ravuya:
The real problem with the XP firewall is that it's pretty piss-poor - that lends a false sense of security. A false sense of security is VERY dangerous. It means that Jimmy Halfass will install XP and figure (from all the advertising) that he'll be protected from the evil 'hackers'.

Truth is, he won't. He'll still get lovely viruses like Klez, trojans like Sub7 and still get remotely logged off of XP by a javascript. Even InternetALERT (a *really* awful software firewall) kicks the shit out of the XP ICF.

But if those people don't know, they'll never buy an actual firewall, figuring that the one in XP is "good enough".

Calum:
bad news for the firewall companies, but fuck it serves those dumbasses right.

actually, those are the dumbasses that probably never think of getting a firewall in the first place. (they probably think it's made out of asbestos)

Anyway, zonealarm is free for personal use, so for most morons, they could use that once they did get hacked (except they'd be too stupid to notice probably)

Also, i heard about this great new secure operating system that comes with a one and a half assed firewalling system preinstalled!!! it's called "linux" or something, and hey... you can get it FREE! (must be 'cos those evil hackers have released it to try and get you to run it so they can hack into your computer!!!  :eek:  )

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