| Archive for Downsizer For an ethical approach to consumption |
| mrutty |
Mad advert for MACWell I have to say normally I'm a great supportor of Sophos, but this isn't one of those times.OK yes there is currently less nasties for MACs at the moment, but if anyone (Apple, Microsoft, Linux, next fab OS) gets to the point when they are one in 10 of the IP addresses on the Net then they will be targetted in totally the same way. Of course this also totally ignores that HMG guidelines for school IT kit is Microsoft based so lots of home users will buy what the kids have (BBC was very successful by being the main school machine for years). Shame as there are lots of leasons to be learnt by all sides of the OS field in what has and hasn't worked in the past (VMS features are still being added into MS). |
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| dougal |
Re: Mad advert for MAC
Can I help by tidying that link to make it work? http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/07/05/trojans_mac_pc/
The only "news" is that Sophos are saying the same as anyone without an axe to grind. Sophos sell to corporates and just can't be bothered to sell anti-virus software to home users.
From that position of independence, they suggest home users would be safer with a Mac. Run a Mac and you simply will not have the same trouble with viruses, spyware and other sneaky nasties as you will get if you run Windows. Oh, and many people think its easier and nicer to use, too. |
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| sean |
It's not an ad is it? Apple seem to be mostly careful to avoid claiming anything like that. Mind you they don't need to if third parties will do it for them. | ||||||
| mrutty |
Re: Mad advert for MAC
If you change that to same trouble with the current set of viruses .... then I'd totally agree. It still ignores that our education system pushes Windows based systems so it isn't really an option if you have kids at school or do HE or FE. |
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| mrutty |
Any IT pro that claims 100% security is going to be unhappy and out of work very quickly. |
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| Nick |
The answer to that kind of statistic would be to publish the other truth, which would be something like...
Out of every 100 virus free systems, 85% of them run Windows. The fact is Windows is more common, so it'll have more problems. You have to be a special kind of muppet to market your product like that and expect to get away with it. |
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| mrutty |
It's like the statement that Code Red only infects Windows boxes, it doesn't it will infect anything with a Windows writeable file system including Samba. It won't run on NT3.51, Win95 or Win Me.
Just suprised more that Sophos are moving into this type of Hype. Trend and McA have been pushing Mac checkers for months to hide they have no UNIX solution. Norton - enough said already. Hopefully Kasp won't follow suit. |
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| mrutty |
The thing that really pees me off is that all major outbreaks could have been prevent if the latest patches were applied or those services turned of. This goes from everything to php updates to firefox to MS to apple to linux. Why is so much money spent on expensive solutions so that users can think software is fit and forget. | ||||||
| tahir |
Shouldn't they? Do you expect PC users to be security experts too? How many home users know anything about services, even simple stuff like FTP? |
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| mrutty |
Agreed which why a suggestion that switching OS will solve all their problems is just wrong and why I'm a bit cross with Sophos.
Lets be fair MAC or Windows with SP2 and auto updates enabled will suit 99.9999% of home users fine. But we still should explain the need to take care of this stuff. You won't sell a car without explaining the need for services. Mind you I might be a bit touchy having been working for the last 9 months with someone that full understands networking (which I don't) because he was able to wire in his stereo speakers. |
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| mrutty |
Spoken to Sophos and it's a part of a huge presentation taking totally out of context.
It was all about users deciding what actions to take to limit risk. The MAC element was just one part of a list of possible actions and it was highlighted that those actions may lead to other issues. Bit happier now 
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