News from the Washington Post
Rob Pegoraro
Washington Post Personal Technology Columnist
Tuesday, May 31, 2005; 2:00 PM
Baltimore, MD: I have been following the blogger Winn Schwartau’s postings on his switch from Windows to OSX, and there is something I do not understand.
Several commenters (mostly professional IT guys) have taken Schwartau to task, and insisted that they do nothing special to their own Windows environment - no Virus or adware protection - and they have no infections and do not spend a lot of time dealing with the kinds of problems (OS reloads, etc.) that Schwartau complained about.
Yet, has it not been established that an unprotected Windows computer will get infected within 20 minutes of being connected to the Web?
Something is not jelling here.
Rob Pegoraro: The people contesting Schwartau’s conclusions have firewalls enabled. (Hint: What was never enabled by default in Windows until XP Service Pack 2 shipped?)
BTW, Schwartau’s original story is here; the blog is here.
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