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Posted by norm on September 13, 2007, 7:05 pm
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> noone@afakeddomain.net says...
>> Leythos wrote:
>>> noone@afakeddomain.net says...
>>>> Leythos wrote:
>>>>> p.n.jayant@gmail.com says...
>>>>>> But has Microsoft taken effective steps to stop software manufacturers
>>>>>> like SystemSecure or UltimateCleaner from using Microsoft's
>>>>>> proprietary features like Windows System Alert Box to publicize their
>>>>>> products, blatantly giving a false impression that their products have
>>>>>> been recommended by Microsoft and in the process, infecting user
>>>>>> systems with worms?
>>>>> How the OS is used is up to you and what you allow. If you don't want to
>>>>> allow apps/vendors/people to use features of the OS that are exposed for
>>>>> use, then it's up to you, not Microsoft, to limit their access to YOUR
>>>>> COMPUTER.
>>>>>
>>>> But this does not apply to ms, right?
>>>> http://blogs.zdnet.com/hardware/?cat=55&tag=nl.e622
>>> And what does that have to do with malware getting on machines?
>>>
>>>
>> "If you don't want to allow apps/vendors/people to use features of the
>> OS that are exposed for use, then it's up to you, not Microsoft, to
>> limit their access to YOUR COMPUTER."
>> Somehow, it evidently is NOT up to the user to limit access to one's
>> computer when ms is the one doing the accessing. It makes no difference
>> if it is malware OR ms doing the accessing. It is not right for anyone
>> to access by deceit or without permission. It may happen, but it is not
>> right.
>
> Hm, lets see, you can control access to the internet by the OS, you just
> don't appear to know how - even updates that you agreed to and didn't
> know it, they can be blocked from working.
>
> But, your FUD has nothing to do with this thread - it's about malware,
> not about MS Updates.
>
>
In this case, they might be one and the same. ;)
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norm
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