Tim, I agree.
Microsoft sealed their fate in making it a closed system - but they come from DOS and Xerox developed the Windows idea, if I remember correctly.
It is not diffucult to launch an attack on a user connected to the Interweb, but if your ISP fails to catch it ? Your IP address is assigned by your ISP (dynamic). Their filters are supposed to work, in general.
For the average user, the attacks are a result of poor protection/responding to e-mails/clicking on suspect sites.
Last edited by Mike X; 23rd March 2010 at 23:36.
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