Re: Family tech support

["Larry Seltzer" <larry () larryseltzer com>]

Vista *is* a lot more secure than XP. Win7 is not a lot more secure than
Vista.

If she had been running Vista and had been standard user she wouldn't be
in this predicament. Vista users don't get anywhere near as much malware
as XP users, and I'm sure that almost all who get it succumb to a social
engineering attack to lower their defenses.

But you're right, you can avoid malware by using an unpopular platform
for which it largely isn't written. 

Larry Seltzer
Contributing Editor, PC Magazine
larry_seltzer () ziffdavis com 
http://blogs.pcmag.com/securitywatch/

_______________________________________________
Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts.
https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec
Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.