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Story: Windows Update flaw 'left PCs open' to MSBlast

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I think it's time to consider using alternatives OSes. Unfortunately, when people think of computers, windows is the first that comes to their minds... and thousands of viruses, vulnerabilities of all kind and abuses from its creator, too.
Just think of Linux, for example, which used to be just for technical people, but know you have lots of companies making desktop-ready distributions, and giving better support for them. Everyone is able to know and understand how linux and every crucial system that runs over it works (at the source-code level), so securing a Linux system (or a *BSD one) is really possible. At least, for the non-technical people, you have plenty of open-source applications available at a very low cost or free, such as office-applications and all kind of internet utilities.
With a system full of this kind of software, you are not exposed to things like Blaster, which are unnaceptable for a real OS.
PD : did you know that windowsupdate.com was running over linux for a while, before changing its domain name?[http://uptime.netcraft.com/up/graph?site=www.windowsupdate.com]

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