Microsoft blames users for Vista infections

if you don't take it out of the box, or install it on a computer.

I seem to recall seeing a cartoon about that recently. I just don't remember where. Userfriendly perhaps?

And that was folloed by this peice of news http://lxer.com/module/newswire/view/103151/index.html#threa...

I love irony

I have to agree Vista is the most secure OS. My wife's Vista is even more secure than Linux. The @#$%#@!!! networking seldom works, so it's pretty tough for someone to do something to the machine without having physical access.

bigg is right, Vista is very safe. Because its next to impossible to get it on the Internet, and keep it there.

Vista as the safest Windows is rather like saying Streptococcus pyogenes is the safest flesh-eating bacteria.

Didn't MSFT blame the users for the *insane* number of problems in IIS, Windows NT 4.0, and Internet Explorer's willingness to execute just about anything? And for allowing unsigned, untrusted ActiveX components to execute? And for any number of other non-transgressions caused by BROKEN BY DESIGN software?

This sounds all too familiar.

How long before they change their tune? Days, weeks, months or years?

Yeah, you gotta love that. "Our software is secure! It's all the users' fault! They're too stupid to use it right!"

Windows is safe, as long as you don't connect it to a network..

;-)

The safest AV for Windows:

http://goodbye-microsoft.com/

> Windows is safe, as long as you don't connect it to a network..

And don't insert any removable media.

>And don't insert any removable media.

And don't boot it.

I thought Windows machines came with warning signs next to the power switches:

"Warning: Activating this switch can cause system instability"

Quoting: And don't insert any removable media.

Except Knoppix, of course.