[Swordmaker]

The comments on the Blog are interesting too... especially the clueless Windows users.

[Swordmaker]

More in the Mad as Hell series... Metaphore 1.42...

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[MaryFromMichigan]

Gotta make sure hubby sees this one!
Thanks.

[Tribune7]

The best summation I've seen on the issue.

[rockrr]

Borrowing his analogy, I appreciate the irony that "users" (non-admins) can't wash the windows (say, view TCP/IP settings), but can blast a hole in the wall and install a picture window (D/L malware & let it go to work).

And all the little admins scurry around shouting, "We've got to reign in these end users! They're killing us!"

[avenir]

"Somewhere in town, a bird chirped."

What. A. Dork.

This "good town" reminds me of the good towns in horror films that wind up being bathed in a bloodbath.

Lock your front doors, little ones, and whatever you do don't let this mad-man in.

[Turbopilot]

Geez, that was quite a rant. Here ya go:

XP SP2 (free upgrade if you already have XP) Mozilla Firefox
Norton Internet Security (or other software firewall and antivirus)
Lavasoft Ad-Aware SE
Spybot
Hardware firewall (in your home network router or wireless router)
WPA-PSK (if you're using wireless)

Auto-run and auto-update the above (scheduled when you're not home)

Most of these are free (Norton's not but you can get free alternatives that are about as good) and all take zero time and effort once installed since they can be set up to automatically run and update themselves when you're away. Viruses and malware don't propagate because Windows machines can't be secured; they propagate because people don't avail themselves of the massive amounts of security available to them.

[EGPWS]

... especially the clueless Windows users.

You don't like Bill Gates do you.

Look at the bright side, without his Billion dollar business, your chastising day's would be over.

That would lead you to frustration.

Or to become mad as hell....