McAfee Threats Report: First Quarter 2012

[Dustin]

David_B <David_B@nomail.afraid.org> wrote in
news:jqdhf2$89l$1@dont-email.me:

> I'm just wondering if *you* actually reviewed the McAfee report. Did
> you? If so, do you have any specific point you might wish to discuss?

How is one going to discuss any aspect of the article with you? You lack
the technical expertise to be able to answer any questions one may have
regarding it. Due to your lack of technical experience, you aren't able to
provide solid opinions with regard to any aspect of the article...

So please, do tell, what can one discuss from that article with you?


--
Character is doing the right thing when nobody's looking. There are too
many people who think that the only thing that's right is to get by, and
the only thing that's wrong is to get caught. - J.C. Watts

[David_B]

Dustin wrote:
> Guess what? no papers, no knocks on the door.
> nobodies even kicked any doors in around here.

*Yet*!

[FromTheRafters]

David_B wrote:
> FromTheRafters wrote:
>> David_B wrote:
>>> FromTheRafters wrote:
>>>> Aardvark wrote:
>>>>> On Thu, 31 May 2012 18:01:53 +0100, David_B wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> How to Protect Your Computer
>>>>>
>>>>> Format and install some Linux distro.
>>>>>
>>>>> THE END.
>>>>
>>>> http://www.familysafemedia.com/fsm-power-stop.jpg
>>>
>>> Clever! ;-)
>>>
>>> From your header: User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1;
>>> en-US; rv:1.9.1.15) Gecko/20101027 SeaMonkey/2.0.10
>>>
>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_NT_5.1 - That's Windows XP
>>>
>>> Tell me, FTR, why are you not using a state-of-the-art Windows OS or, as
>>> suggested by Aardvark, a version of Linux?
>>
>> I have WinME, Vista, Lucid Puppy (Linux), Linux Mandrake, and will be
>> trying Linux Mint soon as a replacement for WinME on my new old desktop
>> machine (probably a dual boot XP/Mint setup).
>>
>>> The current version of SeaMonkey is 2.9.1 - don't I remember you telling
>>> me that one should invariably use the most recent versions of software?
>>
>> Absolutely not! If you always get the newest stuff, you're always
>> exposed to whatever new exploits the new vulnerabilities in the new
>> features present. I feel one would be better off with a hardened
>> tried-and-true OS.
>>
>> Keep up with security enhancements offered in upgrades, but you don't
>> need to upgrade just because of some added fluff features.
>>
>>> One more thing! Of all the people *you* know in the real world, what
>>> percentage of them use Linux? (a guess will do!)
>>
>> Less than one percent I think, I know a lot of non-technical people that
>> use Windows in RL. Online, most of the technically oriented folks I know
>> use both Linux and Windows (these are computer enthusiasts - hackers).
>> For those computer users (they just *use* computers for their work) that
>> aren't so technically oriented they use Windows or Macintosh.
>>
>> I think you will see more and more people going to Linux as Microsoft
>> goes down the road toward special purpose (DRM) computing.
>
> All taken on board, FTR. Thank you for taking the time and trouble to
> answer comprehensively. It is much appreciated. :-)
>
> I'm just wondering if *you* actually reviewed the McAfee report. Did
> you? If so, do you have any specific point you might wish to discuss?

I didn't follow the link. I read the intro that you posted, it's all
rather old news to me. I was surprised that they would include this news
as part of their report, but in all fairness it does relate to the
threat environment.

[Dustin]

David_B <David_B@nomail.afraid.org> wrote in news:jqdueq$n92$1@dont-
email.me:

> Dustin wrote:
>> Guess what? no papers, no knocks on the door.
>> nobodies even kicked any doors in around here.
>
> *Yet*!

Well.. I did get pissed off and put my foot right thru one of the computer
lab doors... Damn near broke my pinky toe I think.

Papers jammed in the POS kodak printer and some sorry ****er did wake me
at 4am this morning...

No feds tho.




--
Character is doing the right thing when nobody's looking. There are too
many people who think that the only thing that's right is to get by, and
the only thing that's wrong is to get caught. - J.C. Watts