I en läsvärd artikel hos Reuters berättas om hur även Microsoft fick in det senaste viruset på en av sina servrar, pinsamt efter som dom lovat att prioritera säkerheten. Ett par rader ur artikeln kan nog ses som bra reklam för Macintosh.
Computer security experts said on Thursday the recent "SQL Slammer" worm, the worst in more than a year, is evidence that Microsoft Corp.´s year-old security push is not working.
"Trustworthy Computing is failing," Russ Cooper of TruSecure Corp. said of the Microsoft initiative. "I gave it a ´D-minus´ at the beginning of the year, and now I´d give it an ´F."
"Microsoft was completely hosed (from Slammer). It took them two days to get out from under it," said Bruce Schneier, chief technology officer of Counterpane Internet Security, a network monitoring service provider. "It´s as hypocritical as you can get."
In the meantime, Schneier said he was thinking of switching from Windows to the Macintosh platform because of all the security issues. "My wife has a Mac and she doesn´t worry about viruses, trojans, leaks..., " he said.
A Consumer Reports survey last year found that virus infection rates on Macs are half what they are on Windows, noted Smith. "Is that because Macs are safer? I think the answer is yeah."
