re: Is this really a vulnerability or just hype? Results of my tests, check the facts. Wednesday, June 10, 2009 at 10:32 pm Windows Vista Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by Hayes Whitt (2 messages posted) Daniel Weinreb "gets it" 100%. I laughed out loud, thinking about my dad. There are so many click yes or no pop-ups these days, especially in Vista, you cant just call someone a moron because they click "yes". We are conditioned do so. Also there is so much good product out there now no one can know all the names that may pop-up. I have to look them up all the time. After all, its not like the yes or no pop-up says "Would you like to install this service with the spyware key-logger?" Its just another jibberish name like Google or Ubuntu. We all click yes and hope for the best. You do it, i do it. The issue is giving a (not even Msoft mind you!) browser machine level access. A click yes or no isn't enough and not uber secure anyway since the spyware would just need some type of "click yes" script built in. Its not like you need to enter a admin password or anything... The browsers and machine level software installer integration of IE is why it is considered less secure than Firefox.. But I use IE everyday to check for and install Windows updates. It works great. But i never browse with IE for the same reason. Dont be a fanboy or a hater, the right tool for the right job. At this point i am accepting that any client desktop machine that i use will one day be compromised. Just wipe the drive and load a Vista backup or drive image. Takes less time than a virus scan and its like it never happened. I am starting to wonder why i still bother with a virus scanner. My servers are where the security is. Key based log in attempts don't even get a connection without the encryption key which i keep on a flash drive. Hi, can i log in? Whats your key? Huh? FAIL On Sunday, June 7, 2009 at 11:40 am, Daniel Weinreb wrote: >Yes, I agree completely. Written in response to: re: Is this really a vulnerability or just hype? Results of my tests, check the facts. (Daniel Weinreb: Sunday, June 7, 2009 at 11:40 am) There are presently no replies to this message. All messages in this thread [show all] Is this really a vulnerability or just hype? Results of my tests, check the facts. (lbecque: Thu, Jun 4, 2009, 4:04 pm) Important update and workaround (lbecque: Thu, Jun 4, 2009, 7:09 pm) re: Important update and workaround (Steve: Thu, Jun 4, 2009, 7:50 pm) re: Important update and workaround (Charlie Hadden: Fri, Jun 5, 2009, 5:33 am) re: Important update and workaround (Steve: Fri, Jun 5, 2009, 6:20 am) re: Is this really a vulnerability or just hype? Results of my tests, check the facts. (Daniel Weinreb: Sun, Jun 7, 2009, 6:13 am) re: Is this really a vulnerability or just hype? Results of my tests, check the facts. (lbecque: Sun, Jun 7, 2009, 8:26 am) re: Is this really a vulnerability or just hype? Results of my tests, check the facts. (Daniel Weinreb: Sun, Jun 7, 2009, 11:40 am) re: Is this really a vulnerability or just hype? Results of my tests, check the facts. (Hayes Whitt: Wed, Jun 10, 2009, 10:32 pm) re: Is this really a vulnerability or just hype? Results of my tests, check the facts. (dmex: Mon, Jun 8, 2009, 8:49 pm) re: Is this really a vulnerability or just hype? Results of my tests, check the facts. (lbecque: Tue, Jun 9, 2009, 10:28 am) re: Is this really a vulnerability or just hype? Results of my tests, check the facts. (Hayes Whitt: Thu, Jun 11, 2009, 2:14 pm) Reply or follow-up to this message Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows Vista Discussion Forum