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To: SmokingJoe

My Windows 7 laptop is so secure, I have been using Windows 7 for 2 years since beta, with not even single security breach on it.

Well..., I don't know why you're so scared of not running your anti-virus program then ... LOL ...

Macintosh users never have to run theirs, as you well know... there's no need. They know that their system is so secure that none is needed.

HOWEVER, I do understand your reluctance to getting rid of your anti-virus program -- it would scare me to death, too -- if I had Windows ... LOL ...


Yeah that's why it's had more security holes than a sieve.

Yep, sure enough... LOL ... that's why all those Macintosh users lose sleep at night worrying about it ... NOT! :-)

Heck! We don't worry about that, nothing happens. I'm still waiting for the first Windows user that I can find (out of millions of them) who trusts their system enough to run it without an anti-virus program -- like Macintosh users do all the time with Mac OS X ... doncha know...

303 posted on 04/07/2010 1:52:41 AM PDT by Star Traveler (Remember to keep the Messiah of Israel in the One-World Government that we look forward to coming)
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To: Star Traveler
Well..., I don't know why you're so scared of not running your anti-virus program then ... LOL ...

If Microsoft is giving me a free Microsoft Security Essentials download, as part of my Windows 7 install process, why on earth would I refuse it?
Windows Security essentials would be part of Windows 7 anyways, if not for anti-trust complaints from anti-virus makers., so just considfer it as part of the operating system.
Bottom line is, my Windows 7 is as solid on security as they come. To quote a certain company with small market share, “Windows 7 just works”.
A superb operating system.

Macintosh users never have to run theirs, as you well know... there's no need. They know that their system is so secure that none is needed.

"None is needeed"? Like these? Chortle!

Apple plugs 88 Mac OS X security holes
Apple today released one of its biggest Mac OS X security updates in recent memory, covering a whopping 88 documented vulnerabilities
http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=5916

Apple patches 22 security holes in Mac OS X
Apple patches 22 security holes in Mac OS X. By AppleInsider Staff. Published: 05:00 PM EST. A new security update released by Apple Computer on Tuesday ...

http://www.appleinsider.com/article.php?id=2266

Apple Leaves Major Java Security Hole Open for Mac Users ...
May 20, 2009 ... A security researcher releases a proof-of-concept exploit making use of a Java flaw affecting Mac OS X. The flaw can be exploited via ...
http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Security/Apple-Leaves-Major-Java-Security-Hole-Open-for-Mac-Users-807301/

Apple fixes 33 Mac OS X security vulnerabilities, patches Flash ...
Sep 12, 2009 ... Apple shipped a mega-update of fixes for 33 serious security holes affecting Mac OS X users. The update patches 3rd-party components like ...
http://www.ditii.com/2009/09/12/apple-fixes-33-mac-os-x-security-vulnerabilities-patches-flash-snow-leopard/

Dashboard Leaves Macs Vulnerable
May 11, 2005 ... A new feature in Mac OS X Tiger contains a potential security hole that's just ... A security hole in Dashboard could expose users of Apple ...
http://www.wired.com/gadgets/mac/commentary/cultofmac/2005/05/67484

Tell me..why would a ‘secure” operating system need to the tune of EIGHTY EIGHT security hole patches in just one go?
Surely, its already secure, no?
Why patch holes in something that doesn't have holes?

305 posted on 04/07/2010 2:02:56 AM PDT by SmokingJoe
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