Is Active Desktop Safe???

[Guest]

Hi,

Are there any possible security issues with Active Desktop in Windows XP???

I have a very nice solution with our organization using Active Desktop
through Group Policy, but my boss said he doesn't want to use Active Desktop
because of security risks. I think he's still thinking about Windows 98 when
there were potential issues with Active Desktop. Any input on this???
Thanks!

Steve

 

[NoStop]

Hi,

Are there any possible security issues with Active Desktop in Windows
XP???

I have a very nice solution with our organization using Active Desktop
through Group Policy, but my boss said he doesn't want to use Active
Desktop
because of security risks. I think he's still thinking about Windows 98
when
there were potential issues with Active Desktop. Any input on this???
Thanks!

Steve

If your boss was so concerned about security he wouldn't be running XP in
the first place, now would he? XP is the most insecure o/s available today
for computers.


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[Guest]

Which OS would you prefer instead?

 

[Curt Christianson]

Windows XP, with all service packs and patches installed is reasonably
"safe". I say reasonably safe because so much depends upon the operator.
One *cannot* visit questionable websites (e.g. porn just for one example),
and as far as e-mail goes, the old adage of "don't open attachments from
someone you don't know" is a bunch of bunk. Viruses harvest addresses from
peoples address book to propogate themselves, and guess who's in your
address book--your friends. Don't *ever* open an attachment you are not
expecting, keep your OS up-to-date and patched, install and USE an antivirus
app. (many good ones are free), and keep your machine free of
spyware/malware (also free apps for this). Use a firewall, either hardware
or software, and you should be prety da*n safe. I've only been on the 'Net
for six years, and I've yet to be infected by a virus, or hijacked by
malware, etc.

Some might promote MAC's or Linux machines citing the fact that they are
hardly ever infected--well compared to Windows it's true. If you were
writing malicious code to bring down the most number of machines, who would
you write it for?? You guessed it ;
Windows boxes. If Mac's or Linux machines became the dominate force in the
PC world, guess who would get pounded on then!

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[NoStop]

Windows XP, with all service packs and patches installed is reasonably
"safe". I say reasonably safe because so much depends upon the operator.
One *cannot* visit questionable websites (e.g. porn just for one example),
and as far as e-mail goes, the old adage of "don't open attachments from
someone you don't know" is a bunch of bunk. Viruses harvest addresses
from peoples address book to propogate themselves, and guess who's in your
address book--your friends. Don't *ever* open an attachment you are not
expecting, keep your OS up-to-date and patched, install and USE an
antivirus app. (many good ones are free), and keep your machine free of
spyware/malware (also free apps for this). Use a firewall, either
hardware
or software, and you should be prety da*n safe. I've only been on the
'Net for six years, and I've yet to be infected by a virus, or hijacked by
malware, etc.

Some might promote MAC's or Linux machines citing the fact that they are
hardly ever infected--well compared to Windows it's true. If you were
writing malicious code to bring down the most number of machines, who
would
you write it for?? You guessed it ;
Windows boxes. If Mac's or Linux machines became the dominate force in
the PC world, guess who would get pounded on then!

Linux is the dominate force of servers on the Internet. They get "pounded
on" continuously as one would see just looking at an Apache log file. Funny
thing though ... they stand up to this pounding and keep on running. Why?
Because in terms of security Linux is very robust. Sorry but that
MickeyMouse FUD just doesn't hold water. The reason there aren't 100,000
viruses aimed at Linux isn't because there aren't enough OPEN Linux boxes
hooked up to the Net. Rather its because virus writers know that it is very
difficult to compromise a Linux box, unlike a Windoze box that doesn't
separate the kernel space from the user space. You need to do a little more
research on this topic before you buy into the FUD. It just isn't true.


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