There but for the grace of the Mac go I…
If you’ve ever had doubts about choosing the fairer platform or if you’re looking for a reason to switch, read this woeful tale of incompetence that could only have been written in Redmond.
Computerworld writes that Microsoft is now into the third month of a campaign against “fake security software,” an effort that has freed hundreds of thousands of computers from the grip of hackers and malware merchants.
Windows users increasingly have been plagued with worthless security software [that demands] victims pay $40 or $50 to purchase the useless applications.
It is believed that millions of dollars have been made off these “scareware” schemes, which shock users into handing over their money to remove phantom infections.
30GB Zunes suffer mass failure
The Associated Press (NDTV) reports that thousands of Zune media players, Microsoft’s also-ran answer to the iPod, stopped working yesterday. According to various reports around the web, only the 30GB model was affected.
“A bug in the internal clock driver related to the way the device handles a leap year,” causing the problem, Zune Product Team official Matt Akers told UPI.
This meltdown, which affects thousands of users world wide, has been referred as the “Y2K for Zunes.” The limiting factor for this event is the device’s marketplace failure and single digit share of the mp3 player marketplace.
See also—Apple pulls anti-virus recommendation
—Review: VirusBarrier X5
—iMunizator: Scareware for the rest of us
Last month, the Redmond, WA-based software giant freed over 400,000 computers from bogus software bearing names like “Advanced Antivirus,” “Ultimate Antivirus 2008″ and “XPert Antivirus.” In November, Microsoft succeeded in removing similar fake security software from 340,000 PCs by pushing a Windows update.
Of course, hacker and efforts to dupe PC users would fail if the claims weren’t so believable. That is, people believe PC security is crap and act accordingly.
Maybe it’s time you acted accordingly, too—Get a Mac!
What’s your take?
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