Why is xp more vulnerable than 98se or me and Is loghorn going to be that way?

[Greg P]

Why is xp more vulnerable than 98se or me and Is loghorn going to be
that way?



Greg Rozelle

[Will Denny]

Hi Greg

More vulnerable to what, compared to Win 98SE?

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Will Denny
MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User


"Greg P " > wrote in message
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| Why is xp more vulnerable than 98se or me and Is loghorn going to be
| that way?
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| Greg Rozelle


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[Tim Slattery]

(Greg P ) wrote:

>Why is xp more vulnerable than 98se or me and Is loghorn going to be
>that way?

In fact it's less vulnerable, especially if you use the NTFS file
system and learn and use its security capabilities.

The one big exception to this has been the Blaster worm. That took
advantage of a hole in the RPC system. RPC doesn't exist on Win9x
machines, so they are not vulnerable to Blaster.

--
Tim Slattery
MS MVP(DTS)

[Alex Nichol]

Greg P wrote:

>Why is xp more vulnerable than 98se or me and Is loghorn going to be
>that way?

I don't think it is. But coming from the NT side it contains some
services that are not in those systems, so if there is a vulnerabilty in
them, the Win9x ones are not hit. And because it is the current version
of windows it is the one that the malware writers are gunning for, more
than any other system


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Bournemouth, U.K. (remove the D8 bit)

[Ken Blake, MVP]

In ,
Greg P > typed:

> Why is xp more vulnerable than 98se or me and Is loghorn going
to be
> that way?



It's not more vulnerable, but you can expect that the latest,
most popular operating system to be the one that is most often
targeted by people who write viruses.

For that reason, when Longhorn comes out, it too is likely to be
targeted.

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Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
Please reply to the newsgroup

[Greg P]

Ken, if that the case, why does google and other places say windows
98 is tracked more than xp. Google say the get most of the search
request form windows 98 not windows xp. This was reported by cnet.
Alot of other sites have reported 98 more than xp.


Greg





>On Fri, 30 Jan 2004 09:04:29 -0700, "Ken Blake, MVP" > wrote:

>In ,
>Greg P > typed:
>
>> Why is xp more vulnerable than 98se or me and Is loghorn going
>to be
>> that way?
>
>
>
>It's not more vulnerable, but you can expect that the latest,
>most popular operating system to be the one that is most often
>targeted by people who write viruses.
>
>For that reason, when Longhorn comes out, it too is likely to be
>targeted.
>
>--
>Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
>Please reply to the newsgroup
>
>

[Richard]

Where did you get these "facts"?
How would a web site know what OS was being used?
Make sure of your "facts" before you report them. Not everything printed on
the internet is true.

"Greg P " > wrote in message
...
> Ken, if that the case, why does google and other places say windows
> 98 is tracked more than xp. Google say the get most of the search
> request form windows 98 not windows xp. This was reported by cnet.
> Alot of other sites have reported 98 more than xp.
>
>
> Greg
>
>
>
>
>
> >On Fri, 30 Jan 2004 09:04:29 -0700, "Ken Blake, MVP"
> wrote:
>
> >In ,
> >Greg P > typed:
> >
> >> Why is xp more vulnerable than 98se or me and Is loghorn going
> >to be
> >> that way?
> >
> >
> >
> >It's not more vulnerable, but you can expect that the latest,
> >most popular operating system to be the one that is most often
> >targeted by people who write viruses.
> >
> >For that reason, when Longhorn comes out, it too is likely to be
> >targeted.
> >
> >--
> >Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
> >Please reply to the newsgroup
> >
> >
>

[Jason Tsang]

Before you start admonishing Greg P, you should do a little background
research yourself.

Your http request includes a User-Agent: string. You might be surprised how
trivial it is to for a web server to track what OS and what browser is
making a http request.

--
Jason Tsang - Microsoft MVP

Find out about the MS MVP Program -
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/default.aspx

"Richard" > wrote in message
...
> Where did you get these "facts"?
> How would a web site know what OS was being used?
> Make sure of your "facts" before you report them. Not everything printed
on
> the internet is true.
>
> "Greg P " > wrote in message
> ...
> > Ken, if that the case, why does google and other places say windows
> > 98 is tracked more than xp. Google say the get most of the search
> > request form windows 98 not windows xp. This was reported by cnet.
> > Alot of other sites have reported 98 more than xp.
> >
> >
> > Greg
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > >On Fri, 30 Jan 2004 09:04:29 -0700, "Ken Blake, MVP"
> > wrote:
> >
> > >In ,
> > >Greg P > typed:
> > >
> > >> Why is xp more vulnerable than 98se or me and Is loghorn going
> > >to be
> > >> that way?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >It's not more vulnerable, but you can expect that the latest,
> > >most popular operating system to be the one that is most often
> > >targeted by people who write viruses.
> > >
> > >For that reason, when Longhorn comes out, it too is likely to be
> > >targeted.
> > >
> > >--
> > >Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
> > >Please reply to the newsgroup
> > >
> > >
> >
>
>

[Greg P]

Thank You
Jason.




>On Sun, 1 Feb 2004 00:04:56 -0500, "Jason Tsang" > wrote:

>Before you start admonishing Greg P, you should do a little background
>research yourself.
>
>Your http request includes a User-Agent: string. You might be surprised how
>trivial it is to for a web server to track what OS and what browser is
>making a http request.
>
>--
>Jason Tsang - Microsoft MVP
>
>Find out about the MS MVP Program -
>http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/default.aspx
>
>"Richard" > wrote in message
...
>> Where did you get these "facts"?
>> How would a web site know what OS was being used?
>> Make sure of your "facts" before you report them. Not everything printed
>on
>> the internet is true.
>>
>> "Greg P " > wrote in message
>> ...
>> > Ken, if that the case, why does google and other places say windows
>> > 98 is tracked more than xp. Google say the get most of the search
>> > request form windows 98 not windows xp. This was reported by cnet.
>> > Alot of other sites have reported 98 more than xp.
>> >
>> >
>> > Greg
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > >On Fri, 30 Jan 2004 09:04:29 -0700, "Ken Blake, MVP"
>> > wrote:
>> >
>> > >In ,
>> > >Greg P > typed:
>> > >
>> > >> Why is xp more vulnerable than 98se or me and Is loghorn going
>> > >to be
>> > >> that way?
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >It's not more vulnerable, but you can expect that the latest,
>> > >most popular operating system to be the one that is most often
>> > >targeted by people who write viruses.
>> > >
>> > >For that reason, when Longhorn comes out, it too is likely to be
>> > >targeted.
>> > >
>> > >--
>> > >Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
>> > >Please reply to the newsgroup
>> > >
>> > >
>> >
>>
>>
>
>

[Greg P]

http://news.com.com/2100-1016-5121458.html?tag=nl

Check it out.
Also, if you look at ebay. Thier is a lot of people wanting 98se.

Greg Rozekke


>On Sun, 01 Feb 2004 23:16:18 GMT, (Greg P ) wrote:

>Thank You
>Jason.
>
>
>
>
>>On Sun, 1 Feb 2004 00:04:56 -0500, "Jason Tsang" > wrote:
>
>>Before you start admonishing Greg P, you should do a little background
>>research yourself.
>>
>>Your http request includes a User-Agent: string. You might be surprised how
>>trivial it is to for a web server to track what OS and what browser is
>>making a http request.
>>
>>--
>>Jason Tsang - Microsoft MVP
>>
>>Find out about the MS MVP Program -
>>http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/default.aspx
>>
>>"Richard" > wrote in message
...
>>> Where did you get these "facts"?
>>> How would a web site know what OS was being used?
>>> Make sure of your "facts" before you report them. Not everything printed
>>on
>>> the internet is true.
>>>
>>> "Greg P " > wrote in message
>>> ...
>>> > Ken, if that the case, why does google and other places say windows
>>> > 98 is tracked more than xp. Google say the get most of the search
>>> > request form windows 98 not windows xp. This was reported by cnet.
>>> > Alot of other sites have reported 98 more than xp.
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > Greg
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > >On Fri, 30 Jan 2004 09:04:29 -0700, "Ken Blake, MVP"
>>> > wrote:
>>> >
>>> > >In ,
>>> > >Greg P > typed:
>>> > >
>>> > >> Why is xp more vulnerable than 98se or me and Is loghorn going
>>> > >to be
>>> > >> that way?
>>> > >
>>> > >
>>> > >
>>> > >It's not more vulnerable, but you can expect that the latest,
>>> > >most popular operating system to be the one that is most often
>>> > >targeted by people who write viruses.
>>> > >
>>> > >For that reason, when Longhorn comes out, it too is likely to be
>>> > >targeted.
>>> > >
>>> > >--
>>> > >Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
>>> > >Please reply to the newsgroup
>>> > >
>>> > >
>>> >
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>

[Greg P]

corrected post
http://news.com.com/2100-1016-5121458.html?tag=nl

Check it out.
Also, if you look at ebay. Thier is a lot of people wanting 98se.

Greg Rozelle


>On Sun, 01 Feb 2004 23:16:18 GMT, (Greg P ) wrote:

>Thank You
>Jason.
>
>
>
>
>>On Sun, 1 Feb 2004 00:04:56 -0500, "Jason Tsang" > wrote:
>
>>Before you start admonishing Greg P, you should do a little background
>>research yourself.
>>
>>Your http request includes a User-Agent: string. You might be surprised how
>>trivial it is to for a web server to track what OS and what browser is
>>making a http request.
>>
>>--
>>Jason Tsang - Microsoft MVP
>>
>>Find out about the MS MVP Program -
>>http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/default.aspx
>>
>>"Richard" > wrote in message
...
>>> Where did you get these "facts"?
>>> How would a web site know what OS was being used?
>>> Make sure of your "facts" before you report them. Not everything printed
>>on
>>> the internet is true.
>>>
>>> "Greg P " > wrote in message
>>> ...
>>> > Ken, if that the case, why does google and other places say windows
>>> > 98 is tracked more than xp. Google say the get most of the search
>>> > request form windows 98 not windows xp. This was reported by cnet.
>>> > Alot of other sites have reported 98 more than xp.
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > Greg
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > >On Fri, 30 Jan 2004 09:04:29 -0700, "Ken Blake, MVP"
>>> > wrote:
>>> >
>>> > >In ,
>>> > >Greg P > typed:
>>> > >
>>> > >> Why is xp more vulnerable than 98se or me and Is loghorn going
>>> > >to be
>>> > >> that way?
>>> > >
>>> > >
>>> > >
>>> > >It's not more vulnerable, but you can expect that the latest,
>>> > >most popular operating system to be the one that is most often
>>> > >targeted by people who write viruses.
>>> > >
>>> > >For that reason, when Longhorn comes out, it too is likely to be
>>> > >targeted.
>>> > >
>>> > >--
>>> > >Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
>>> > >Please reply to the newsgroup
>>> > >
>>> > >
>>> >
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>