0u812 said:
LOL...thanks. Here is a solution to the virus problem in general. Go to redhat.com and download the ISO files for redhat 9 or Fedora 1. Burn them onto CDs. Use RAWRITE.exe to create a boot disk, and then flush your microsoft machine and just run linux. Make yourself fight your way through the install, take the time to learn it, and then you will no longer be subject to these types of problems. Granted, linux/unix is vulnerable to various types of attacks and you have to patch your system, but you do not see these types of attacks in the linux world.
I had bought redhat back about 8 years ago when they just had X-windows. I played with it for a while, then went to MS NT3.5. a few years later, my department was charged with building a secure server environment for the corporate network. We used redhat 6 and it was getting better. I walked away from the project and a year later, the email server got punched and trin00'd. We went to redhat 6.1, patched, and she ran like a champ. They finally put the burden of network management on an outside firm so I turned my back on teh world of computing (I was tired of it and moved to a different department). Now, 4 years later, I have a new application that I need to develop and low and behold, after considering my development options, I decided that I would port the application to linux. I then went looking for my old friend redhat and found that Linux had progressed 30-fold since 1999/2000 and it is damn close to being as useful as microsoft (from a business standpoint) BUT....here is the big caveat....with the red hat update system, further refinement of RPMS, and new support for business productivity apps such as StarOffice from Sun and OpenOffice.org, Linux is just about ready to be considered as easy to use as microsoft. The config is a little bit harder but the loaders do 99% of the work for you....so what I am saying is, since a lot of you guys are young and your brains can learn rapidly, you should make the jump, switch now, and be out of the bondage of microsoft. All it takes is a desire to make the change. With perserverance, you can get through it and the rewards will be worth it.
4 years ago, I could see an argument for sticking with MS product since end users would have a much easier time with windows than unix....but now, I see Linux as having attained a level of refinement that is suitable for your average secretary ( as long as she doesnt have to load it or manage the system).
Anyway, thats the way out guys....its free, just takes a little effort, and this whole problem of trojans and logic bombs is essentially over.
