[TheDead]

[member=5916]trinidad[/member]
Tried, *anything* needed the BitLocker key. Had to wipe/fresh install... WITHOUT BitLocker.
Good thing too because the fat 1803 update crashed at 83%. Had to re-restore and it finally updated correctly, after HOURS.
The stand-up comedian couldn't have been more on the money than this. How can MS be so broken... updates crashing on a fresh install. :-S

Only good in this is that I'm paid to do all of it when it's not my own computer.
Guess it's what they call, "Creating jobs". Thanks MS!

[Nyto]

LOL!
Yours truly also makes a living (sorta) by reconfiguring, reinstalling, vaccinating, resucitating Windoze machines
XD


Just today I finished resucitating a laptop because of the dreaded "1803" update.
I will also charge the owner for the blocking of all the "leaks" of privacy this O.S. has  ...THEY DRIP EVERYWHERE!!! XD

[TheDead]

I think the worse is people saying that even if it's a swiss cheese for security and privacy... they don't care because "They have nothing to hide"... scary thinking.
A fun little read, just the section titles can give goosebumps :https://books.google.ca/books?id=8OVYU1d...&q&f=false
Like Homer said : 'It's funny 'cux it's true'

Cheers!

[Moltke]

I think the worse is people saying that even if it's a swiss cheese for security and privacy... they don't care because "They have nothing to hide"... scary thinking.
A fun little read, just the section titles can give goosebumps :https://books.google.ca/books?id=8OVYU1d...&q&f=false
Like Homer said : 'It's funny 'cux it's true'

Cheers!

People don't care cause they've been told so. Sometimes I think most people keep on using Windows just to be part of a "selected" group of people that use it. I don't know if I have the right to say this since I used it for over 10 years, ocassionally dual booting with Linux but was so used to it...and now I feel so relieved I stopped being a Windows user, I do miss a couple of things sometimes though, like aero pick, being able to use apps like rufus, treesize and some games that won't work on wine. But since I made the switch about 2 years ago I just can help but think "damn, how the hell did it take me so long to do this?" LOL No more antivirus/virus nightmares, no more "app not responding" error messages (god I hated those!), no more "please wait till your system's updated" messages...yes, so so relieved...and the real fun's just starting If Windows was a stand-up comedian its most famous joke would start something like "do you know that feeling when you see someone so happy and suddenly BOOM! Sorry, your life just got screwed, yeah well, that's how I feel when I screw peoples computers" LOL 

[TheDead]

There are viruses on Macs and Linux, just a lot less and probably not as destructive.

Linux had the Mirai and BashLite virii/malwares that were used for network attacks. Another "popular" one was a passwords stealer.

For Mac's, I had viruses on them when I was in school, they were not even connected to the interweeb.
... Hey, I see you rolling your eyes, I'm not THAT old. Grumble, grumble... now where did I put my teeth.

[member=7701]kpanic[/member] The more I think about it, adding something in your Comedian joke about a virus would only be fitting. LoL

Cheers!

[Moltke]

There are viruses on Macs and Linux, just a lot less and probably not as destructive.

Linux had the Mirai and BashLite virii/malwares that were used for network attacks. Another "popular" one was a passwords stealer.

For Mac's, I had viruses on them when I was in school, they were not even connected to the interweeb.
... Hey, I see you rolling your eyes, I'm not THAT old. Grumble, grumble... now where did I put my teeth.

[member=7701]kpanic[/member] The more I think about it, adding something in your Comedian joke about a virus would only be fitting. LoL

Cheers!

[member=6733]TheDead[/member]  both Bashlite and Mirai are more focused on IOT -internet of things - devices, they call them "IoT Botnets" I don't know exactly what that means for a desktop pc user in terms of whether it might get infected or not, as far as I read it seems like not, but not really sure. Again, in the past two years or so I haven't experienced any "virus" like scenario whatsoever, while in windows everytime I ran the antivrus/antimalware scan, which I usually did once or twice a month it always found something, yes I ran some AV in LL as well just to be sure, and it found nothing. I guess since I'm not downloading and running .exe files that's the reason the chances of getting infected are really lower, like 0 

[TheDead]

I wonder how those .exe malwares "performed" on Wine.
Maybe we should submit a compatibility report to WineHQ.

[Nyto]

I think the worse is people saying that even if it's a swiss cheese for security and privacy... they don't care because "They have nothing to hide"... scary thinking.

LOL, I'd say stupid naive ignorant thinking!


Remember Snowden's phrase:

"Saying that you don't care about your privacy leaks because you have nothing to hide, it's like saying that you don't care about free speech because you have nothing to say".

[Moltke]

I wonder how those .exe malwares "performed" on Wine.
Maybe we should submit a compatibility report to WineHQ.

Good idea! I never really thought about it, but it might be useful mostly for educational purposes determining how those .exe files performed on wine and then submitting a report to winehq. On a second thought, I think most people install "trusted .exe" files so maybe they don't represent an issue. I used to try a lot of programs in Windows, mostly multimedia and organizer ones as well as the so called  "optimizer" ones which are a total fraud, most of them.

[TheDead]

Remember Snowden's phrase:

"Saying that you don't care about your privacy leaks because you have nothing to hide, it's like saying that you don't care about free speech because you have nothing to say".

Didn't see that one... Interesting.
Funny thing about free speach, you can speak your mind but when it offends, you get slapped with lawsuits or worst. Still I guess we are better off than some parts of the world. :-S

Cheers!