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the elephant-in-the-room OS!?
I mean, come on: this blurb is so lame it doesn't even tell you what PoS OS it's targeting. Truly disturbing.
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FFS Techdirt are you even trying? Just have ads and quit this nonsense.
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Contrary to #4, I have to hand it to TD, that most of their sponsored stuff has been decent, or at least without glaring defects, (this and some dreadful VPN's being an exception). Though I wish you'd just stick to selling T-shirts and donations/subscriptions, IMO this is a marginally acceptable middle ground for us noscripting ad-blocking folks. You're still showing me adds, when you know I've taken deliberate steps to avoid them... and that does negatively effect my opinion of TD. but whatever. it's your site/business and at least your not being too obnoxious about it so far.
I do wish the ads was personalised to the TD philosophy- the few bad apples spoil the bunch, in terms of feeling I can trust anything that's sponsored, It's clear no one with technical background is vetting the stuff, and that taints the whole process. Products specifically endorsed by TD writers would be far more appealing and add real value. That would feel cohesive and synergistic in terms of the over all business- whereas this feels corporate, tacked on, and value detracting.
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They aren't good deals, they're bottom of the barrel adverts from noname companies based out of Timbuktu in Asia.
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Can you direct me? Thanks in advance for your help.
Vicky
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Re: glorious satire!
I was reviewing the HT leak last night- The leak makes clear that nearly all AV's are easily bypassed by modern malware. There's directories for nearly (if not?) every AV in existence in the data dump. There's one specifically for Bitdefender- so you can look it up yourself if you want... That's a much more accurate depiction of it's effectiveness (rather lack there of) then you'll get from any 'testing lab'.
Clam AV also has a folder, looks like it put up a much better fight then most... still mostly pwned though. Simple designs tend to hold up well- true for most things- like Unix for example, or it's nearly ubiquitous (in commercial server use) derivative Linux.
80% windows!? I can't tell if that's more satire... If you ignore all infrastructure and more then half of all use cases (servers, routers, embedded devices, phones, tablets) and your speaking "only" of desktop use then I guess that's not too far off. That seams like twisted logic at best though.
This page your reading now, came to you via "at least" three Unix based servers/routers- so just FYI, you use Unix every day, even if you don't realise it. Unix runs 98.3% of all servers, and most embedded devices (such as your modem): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usage_share_of_operating_systems
I've run Clam AV on linux for years- never had anything but false positives. So yea, I'd say AV IS unnecessary, unless you need to polish the turd that is windows.. The only effect AV has had for me is having to spend time chasing down info on false positives. If you use a secure sensible OS, ie-linux/freebsd, you don't need AV. The BSD based OSX 'macintosh' computers are also much better then windows in this area, however, their popularity means they're targeted far far more then linux- so AV would be advisable- even though it's only going to catch the unsophisticated bottom of the barrel malware. -that's all AV can ever do, on any system. Industry insider experts have admitted as much, so the HT leaks relevant to this shouldn't come as much of a surprise.
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Wish I had something nice to say
Talk about lowering my opinion of Tech Dirt.
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