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Folder The truth about Windows Vista
There are MANY problems with Microsoft's newest operating system!
 
Internet Explorer is Dangerous
Details the ways in which IE (even IE 7) is buggy and non-HTTP-compliant -- and allows spying, monitoring, and secret logging of your online activities.
http://nanobox.chipx86.com/ie_is_dangerous.php 		m_p_rudas
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Microsoft security problems -- a recent example
This article details how Microsoft mishandled a recent security flaw.
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/02/12/1076548140964.html 		m_p_rudas
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Microsoft's Really Hidden Files
More-detailed information on how Windows is tracking your every move and email. Includes instructions. Warning: potentially offensive site/email address.
http://www.microsuck.com/content/ms-hidden-files.shtml 		m_p_rudas
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Security and Filename Extensions
Turning "on" filename extensions in Windows (they're "off" by default).
http://www.geocities.com/ResearchTriangle/Lab/1131/eng/safe.html 		m_p_rudas
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The IT industry's shift away from Microsoft
Is this a new paradigm? Or just another blip on the radar?
http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=13350 		m_p_rudas
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The Microsoft Financial Pyramid -- a study in financial fraud
Shows how Microsoft's entire financial structure is based on shaky precepts. A well-reasoned and meticulously-documented article. True or not? You decide -- but this scheme is similar to what took down Enron.
http://billparish.com/msftfraudfacts.html 		m_p_rudas
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Top Windows (and Linux) security vunerabilities
With the "PivX Solutions" page gone (sold out to Microsoft?), this is the best source for unpatched vunerability information.
http://www.secunia.com 		m_p_rudas
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Windows XP: Surviving the First Day
How to keep from being 0wned before you can even download the patches! Watch for my upcoming article for even easier ways to prevent this problem.
http://isc.incidents.org/presentations/xpsurvivalguide.pdf 		m_p_rudas
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