It’s been twenty-five  years since the first computer virus (Brain A) hit the net, and what was once an annoyance has become a sophisticated tool for crime and espionage. Computer security expert Mikko Hyppönen tells us how we can stop these new viruses from threatening the internet as we know it. This is a great video on whats going on today with computer security.

However, what this person is doing is attacking the symptom of the problem, and NOT the problem itself. Notice how all of these viruses are for Windows, which IS the problem.  So to remedy this problem, and create a solution for yourself. You can do one of two things:

1. Fix Windows insecurity, or

2. Use a secure operating system such as Linux

Every new version of Windows that hits the market, supposedly is the “most” secure and somehow magically “more” resistant to malware then the previous version. However, Windows is insecure by design and will NEVER be secure, regardless of what new version they come out with. Even Windows 8 will be malware prone when it finally becomes available.

You may run across a bold statement such as:

Windows 7 is more malware-resistant than XP/Vista

Notice in the above quote, they use the word “resistant”, not “proof” or “secure”, the ad conveys to you that Windows 7, IS still insecure. Go ahead and prove it to yourself, visit Comodo Leaktest, here is screenshot after testing on Windows 7.

Something that the majority of people do not know and lets be honest here, that Windows 7 IS Vista!

Windows 7 is basically repairing its faults, performing a code cleanup and and selling you a service pack to Vista’s kernel base, while fooling you the customer. Perhaps, we will see the day when they start charging money for each service pack.

No company, spends five years and ~$10 billion and just dump it. We have a problem? Fine, rebrand the service pack and push it as a new OS, doubling our profit and customer relations problems solved!

Oh and by the way while I am setting here:

• Mainstream support for Vista SP2 ends, April 10, 2012
  • Mainstream support—Microsoft will offer mainstream support for a minimum of 5 years from the date of a product’s general availability, or for 2 years after the successor product is released, whichever is longer. For example, if you buy a new version of Windows and five years later another version is released, you will still have two years of support left for the previous version.
• Extended support for Vista SP2 ends, April 11, 2017
  • Extended support—Microsoft will offer extended support for either a minimum of 5 years from the date of a product’s general availability, or for 2 years after the second successor product (two versions later) is released, whichever is longer. Please note: Extended support is only available for commercial customers.

You have about two months to decide, “Should I learn what this Linux is all about or should I go out and spend hundreds of dollars more and still be malware prone”

 

This entry was posted on Wednesday, February 8th, 2012 at 21:11 by dsmith and is filed under Cybersecurity, Exploit, Flaw, Malware, Microsoft, Ripoff, Scam, Security, Vulnerability, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows Vista. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.