Emily - of course! But whilst WD is free I'm not too bothered.
Regardless of Windows, there will always be crooks and swindlers out in
the world. MS is no better perhaps, but the only alternative is Apple
Mac. And they're also in the game to make money! But MS is the big one
and that's why it's targeted. I don't believe in the altruism of
business bosses, computer programmers, hackers, crackers or anyone else.
Aren't I cynical! Well maybe photographers.
What has upset me more is I dropped my G7 and now it is broken - boo
hoo! Just as I'm about to go to Paris. Thank heaven for accidental
damage cover!
Which means my Coolpix 995 (remember that one?) will be harnessed from
retirement. It's still working fine. I just don't fancy lugging a D80
and an 18-200 VR around all day.
Howard
Emily L. Ferguson wrote:
At 8:47 AM +0000 2/4/07, Howard wrote:
microsoft has been Beta trialling a spyware program "Windows
Defender" and it seems to work fairly well. I also has a combination
set of programs from my ISP, ntlworld which seem very good. I did a
complete scan yesterday using an independent malware scanner but
nothing there.
Howard
Imagine a world without this concern. Wouldn't it be nice?
Asking Microsoft to provide a windows defender seems to me to be like
asking the fox to guard the hen house. Really all Microsoft has to do
to defend its software from all the spy/mal/bot ware is to write good
code and good specs for its non-OEM software.
Any other solution is simply a revenue collecting device.
