[Pc_Support] VISTA is an Acronym!

[Wise Linux User Patrick]

 "Cringefan Ken M. points out that VISTA is really an acronym for:

  Viruses,
   Infections,
    Spyware,
     Trojans, and
      Adware.

 That's clarity for you."

Consumer Reports has a very full magazine out, this Sept. 2005 issue, (got 
ours today in mail) covering several pages about adware, virus, spybots, 
trojans, preventative measures, and an entire article on internet access 
providers, plus computer comparisons (purchasing of desktops, or laptops).

The cost per incident is a bit inflated, to my mind, at $265 per "spyware", 
$312 per "virus", and $395 per 'phishing' incident. There was one comparison 
mention of MAC OSX.    I have heard that the cleaning of a windows computer, 
in a shop, runs over $75, now, in the Orlando area.  Wow!

Other than that, there were NO MENTIONS of the OTHER 450+ virus free, fairly 
secure, NON-Microsoft OSes.  Well, at least the 20 % of the world who don't 
use the vulnerable OS are knowledgeable of the flaws mentioned in the 
articles.  And, I suspect that we run stand-alone firewalls, and, GNU/Linux 
as the OS.

Little to No mention of firewalls in stand alone routers,  in the wifi or 
Ethernet works.  

Very scarey, how the users, having purchased a computer with an installed 
proprietary OS from the world's biggest multiple convicted felon, simply 
wanting to check email, or surf for bargains, are so greatly deceived!

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