Daring Fireball: Broken Windows

Broken Windows
Friday, 4 June 2004
http://daringfireball.net/2004/06/broken_windows

Here’s a billion-dollar question: Why are Windows users besieged by security exploits, but Mac users are not?

For the sake of this discussion, let’s consider the realm of “security” to encompass any sort of software running on your computer, which software you wish weren’t there. So we’re not just talking about viruses/worms/Trojan horses — we’re talking about crapware of any sort, including adware and spyware.

Adware is software that displays advertisements, typically in pop-up windows. Web surfers have been cursed by pop-up ads for years, but it’s common knowledge that they’re pretty much just a problem for Windows users these days, because every modern browser other than Internet Explorer has a pop-up blocking feature. If you have adware installed on your computer, however, even switching to a pop-up-blocking browser won’t make them stop — the ads are coming from hidden applications running on your computer.

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I do like this article, great writing. And good point.

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Well, I have the space bar worked out on this iBook, seems I hadn't gotten the cable all the way back under the edge of the casing. I do love this thing, great battery life, doesn't weigh much, and thing just runs. Rarely go anywhere without it. Now I am down to finding a satisfactory case for it, I would love to find one that is semi-rigid and process a handle (makes it much easier to carry HI HI ). Of course I have since added a G4 PowerMac to my collection, started out as a G4 400 AGP, upgraded it to a 1 GHz chip with 1 gig of ram. Runs pretty good, Has become my main machine for most of the things I do on computers, just wish Micro$oft would make a converter for Outlook 2003 PST files to work on M$ Entourage, but bat's dues I can't find one that works for shit. Ahh well, means I keep my Dell Ispiron 5150 running Win XP for my Outlook client.