[sushrukh]

For all the criticism of Microsoft and its security flaws, the software giant has made an impressive turnaround. While Vista has been derided for a variety of reasons, most would agree that it’s much more secure than Windows XP. Recently, a hacker conference showed just how vulnerable systems running Mac OS X are, due to their slow rate of patches. The Mac machine was hijacked within 10 minutes, while the Linux and Windows boxes survived the day.

Now an even worse security flaw has been found in some of the basic code used by a wide variety of Linux security programs. The error originated back in May 2006 when workers on the open-source security project committed a grave and unrealized error.

Full story @ DailyTech - Huge Hole in Open Source Software Found, Leaves Millions Vulnerable

[sharkhead7854]

oh my.... i just read the entire article plus the links- thats incredible! so many machines can be effected because i line of coding was removed from a file.
plus, apparently someones giving out tools for the exploit >__>
so thats an even greater chance
wow... great post

[sushrukh]

Yeah it's quite shocking.

[SkyFuser]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Ubuntu D:
Let's see... 2^128...3.40282367 × 10^38
That's about 3.4 with 38 0s after it.
2^15=1024 x 32.
32768

Tsk... imagine that...
Thank goodness I'm not completely on Linux yet XD

Edit: In my shock about Linux I have forgotten to be surprised about Windows surviving. Excuse me, I need to go choke somewhere O.O

[Shan Gee]

What I hear from most Mac users is that they can't get any viruses and their computer is more secure. This article just goes to show how they are all wrong! Windows is the way to go. I knew Wndows would come up on top. Vista is definitely more secure than XP.

[sushrukh]

Originally Posted by Shan Gee

Vista is definitely more secure than XP.

Agreed 100%.Much more secured,no more BSODs & lockups.

[Shan Gee]

Originally Posted by sushrukh

Agreed 100%.Much more secured,no more BSODs & lockups.

Actually I've experienced BSODs at least three times on Windows Vista so far this month.

[SkyFuser]

Originally Posted by Shan Gee

What I hear from most Mac users is that they can't get any viruses and their computer is more secure. This article just goes to show how they are all wrong! Windows is the way to go. I knew Wndows would come up on top. Vista is definitely more secure than XP.

You can't base your assumption based on just this alone. Windows has way more patches than any other OS.
And Unix is actually very secure. Mac OS X is based on Linux.
I don't know about Mac, but for Linux, you need to find a virus, download it, untarball it, and run as root. Then... well... you'd kinda get what you deserve <_<

[sharkhead7854]

Originally Posted by Shan Gee

What I hear from most Mac users is that they can't get any viruses and their computer is more secure. This article just goes to show how they are all wrong! Windows is the way to go. I knew Wndows would come up on top. Vista is definitely more secure than XP.

lol as far as security goes i wouldnt say windows is on top, that may be a little excessive
so far from my experience ubuntu and the other newest linux distros seem to be the most protected.
this is the first iv heard of a major exploit, though for windows i personally know many
they may not be as widespread but it happens much more often
besides, over the years even with great protection iv still gotten many many viruses,
whereas when i was using ubuntu i never got one

[sushrukh]

Yeah i think new Linux distros are more secured than Windows.Vista comes after Linux in my opinion.