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Posted by Jim Ford on December 19, 2007, 2:47 pm
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Jamin Davis wrote:
> 18 December 2007 13:52 Chilly8 broadcast thus:
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> <snip>
>> The only foolpoof way to get rid of malware
>> is to wipe out and reinstall Windows.
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>
> Always a good opportunity to change OSs - *BSD, Linux, Solaris, jeez.. Z/OS
> if u want...:) anything but Windows if at all possible. There are *so* many
> ways of getting Win apps to run on *nix and that requirements'
> disapperating these days because of quality opensource alternatives. And
> you have a far superior, more secure networking setup, and people on
> security ng's don't make fun of your box ;-)
>
> I know malware, worms, viruses exist on every platform, but it's not like
> 100s of threads on Usenet are discussing reinstalling *nix boxes because of
> some shady little spyware.
I agree, and much prefer Linux to Windows. The problem is that I use
Photoshop with colour management. Whilst Gimp is a fine tool, it's
nowhere near PS yet, and AFIK it hasn't got colour management (or even
color management ;^) )
Jim Ford
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