Phil Schaffner wrote:
On Mon, 2007-11-19 at 15:12 -0500, Ross S. W. Walker wrote:
Lanny Marcus wrote:
...
All of your comments and suggestions are greatly appreciated! I am beginning to *hate* MS Windows, but there are still a few
things we
use it for. Lanny
Ditto.
There isn't really anything wrong with Windows, it's just
Microsoft's
lax default security that is the problem.
That and the slow release of patches for known exploits.
Well, actually I don't like the way Microsoft conducts business, but I must say that on the whole their turnaround time for patches and fixes is impressive.
Now we can always argue at what Microsoft considers critical or otherwise, but for critical security fixes one can often see a 7-day turnaround.
You want to see slow turnaround for security fixes look at Apple.
As Windows is 90% of the market, trojans, viruses, worms and rootkits will be
developed for it,
but you can set up Windows securely without too much hassle. Only the "Administrator" user should be part of "Administrators" and "Power Users" should be treated as "Administrators".
A good toolkit for Windows is the Ultimate Boot CD for Windows at http://www.ubcd4win.com/
It uses BartPE, discussed earlier, but adds a lot more tools, including rootkit and antivirus scanners. A clean install after data recovery is still the best bet.
Phil
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