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Not one Microsoft product on Kaspersky’s top 10 vulnerabilities list

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Re: Not one Microsoft product on Kaspersky’s top 10 vulnerabilities list

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Post by scholia »

epa wrote: post #125
dsirijus wrote: post #96

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I've been using http://www.foobar2000.org/ for almost 10 years now. Though most of my music now is in the cloud, I always keep a heavily modded version of fb2k on my PC. This is BY FAR the best audio player available. I had some respect for Amarok when I was on KDE 6-7 years ago. Nowhere close to fb2k though. Nowadays on Linux I prefer just plain old mpd.

> Heavily modded version That's the problem i found with foobar. I always enjoyed WinAmp and still miss it to this day on mac. Itunes is no comparison.

But there is a Mac version of WinAMP (tho I've nver used it) http://www.winamp.com/mac

Re: Not one Microsoft product on Kaspersky’s top 10 vulnerabilities list

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Post by scholia »

lifeguard wrote: post #118
rhplus wrote: post #85

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The OP is a list of vulerabilities by severity. When I look at the current US-CERT database, I don't see any Microsoft products in the top 10 results by severity[1] or by date[2]. [1] By "Common Vulnerability Scoring System": http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/byCVSS [2] By Date: http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/bypublished

Whatever. " Not one Microsoft product on Kaspersky’s top 10" implies that Microsoft products are secure. They are not.

The notion propagated by fanboys is that Microsoft software is the least secure on the planet, and if you believe that then you might well expect Microsoft to occupy many if not most of the top 10 places. The point of the headline is that it doesn't. It's based on challenging a known assumption, not establishing the opposite assumption.

Re: Not one Microsoft product on Kaspersky’s top 10 vulnerabilities list

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Post by lifeguard »

scholia wrote: post #132
lifeguard wrote: post #118

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Whatever. " Not one Microsoft product on Kaspersky’s top 10" implies that Microsoft products are secure. They are not.

The notion propagated by fanboys is that Microsoft software is the least secure on the planet, and if you believe that then you might well expect Microsoft to occupy many if not most of the top 10 places. The point of the headline is that it doesn't. It's based on challenging a known assumption, not establishing the opposite assumption.

Every time Microsoft releases a new product the Astroturfing goes through the roof and the dishonest message is insulting to experienced system engineers.

Re: Not one Microsoft product on Kaspersky’s top 10 vulnerabilities list

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Post by Roboprog »

rndmize wrote: post #10
experiment0 wrote: post #3

Sorry for going off topic but, I hadn't seen the nextweb new design before. I found it quite disorientating, there is so much orange "stuff". I just didn't know where to look.

I wasn't bothered by the colors so much as the layout. Almost every news source I read has the article all the way to the left, with navigation at the top and secondary content on the right. Having the navigation on the left and the content on the right was disorienting (and I've felt the same with Google's newer blog layouts). I can understand doing this on a tablet, but on a desktop it feels... overly simplified.

Worse for me on my (1024 x 600) netbook: the actual content wasn't even completely visible until I shrunk the font size several notches.

Re: Not one Microsoft product on Kaspersky’s top 10 vulnerabilities list

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Post by tripzilch »

______ wrote: post #73
jlgreco wrote: post #25

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It seems to me that the only reason we put up with JVM applets (whereas anyone suggesting we put up with people ActiveX would rightfully be laughed down these days) is because of that steady monotonous stream of crap about how much better Java is for security. It has dropped our collective paranoia far too low.

Unfortunately places like Korea still require ActiveX support because it's used by all online shopping, government, etc pages (and is required by law in many cases)... http://www.koreaittimes.com/story/21504/internet-powerhouse-...

South Korea's situation is pretty unique/extreme in that way, though. At least I'm unaware of any other places that suffer a similar lock-in spiral. Except corporations, maybe.

Re: Not one Microsoft product on Kaspersky’s top 10 vulnerabilities list

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Post by dsirijus »

epa wrote: post #125
dsirijus wrote: post #96

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I've been using http://www.foobar2000.org/ for almost 10 years now. Though most of my music now is in the cloud, I always keep a heavily modded version of fb2k on my PC. This is BY FAR the best audio player available. I had some respect for Amarok when I was on KDE 6-7 years ago. Nowhere close to fb2k though. Nowadays on Linux I prefer just plain old mpd.

> Heavily modded version That's the problem i found with foobar. I always enjoyed WinAmp and still miss it to this day on mac. Itunes is no comparison.

You can work just fine with out of the box experience, there's even customization wizard now.

Re: Not one Microsoft product on Kaspersky’s top 10 vulnerabilities list

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Post by scholia »

lifeguard wrote: post #133
scholia wrote: post #132

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The notion propagated by fanboys is that Microsoft software is the least secure on the planet, and if you believe that then you might well expect Microsoft to occupy many if not most of the top 10 places. The point of the headline is that it doesn't. It's based on challenging a known assumption, not establishing the opposite assumption.

Every time Microsoft releases a new product the Astroturfing goes through the roof and the dishonest message is insulting to experienced system engineers.

Maybe. I find serious system engineers tend to ignore the childish fanboy squabbling. They have jobs to do.
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