While the Mac community likes to paint the Windows world as an unsafe haven for spyware, spam, and other electronic attacks, the reality is that Windows users have to do very little to protect themselves. The problem, of course, is that some Windows users do absolutely nothing about security, either from a technical standpoint or by exercising some simple common sense: Seriously, do you really think it's wise to open an email attachment from a person you've never even heard of? Security vendors have milked a decade of bad press, real and imagined security vulnerabilities, and Microsoft's all-too-conscious decision to only include baseline security tools in Windows to create a booming market. Security suites from companies like McAfee and Symantec are innovative only in that they've invented a way for these companies to charge customers year after year for the same services, many of which the typical PC user never needs or even uses. On the flipside, many new PCs come with time-limited security suites that bomb out after a short time, leaving PCs unprotected. Surely, we can do better at this.
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06-24-2007, 11:08 AM
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