Post by DarkPikachu on Sept 15, 2014 17:07:11 GMT -5
This is something I've been researching for quite a few years...
Ever since Bill Gates <3 retired, Microsoft, with their snobby attitude,
has been working their way up to control people, and I pretty much have their plans figured out up till now:
PoV (Microsoft):
step 1: start building a form of control and a new interface into a new OS (Win Vista)
step 2: improve the control and interface to where users have less control (Win 7)
step 3: finalize these features (Win 8) and call the OS we can't control (Win XP) "outdated" and stop supporting it.
step 4: place these finalized features into a new console and attempt to enforce them. (Xbox One)
error, people aren't ready to be controlled: roll back the system and hold off until later.
the new interface is called "Aero" which was built into Vista.
this can be back-ported into XP, but MS would rather try to control people.
the form of control I speal of is a RAT ("Remote Administration Tool" or "Remote Access Trojan") which MS has built into the kernel of the newer OS's.
it seems to have only been tested using Vista, but isn't confirmed to work in the release.
the RAT works in 7, but only after an update, where 8's RAT works right out of the box.
MS only wants to tell you the newer OS's are safer (which they HAVE improved the interfaces for) just so they can gain control over your system and have access to your personal data if needed
here's the catch, STOP relying on Microsoft to secure your XP box and you'll be just about as safe as using Linux.
any newer OS is about as hackable as XP, which also means they're just about as unsafe.
To stay safe with XP, you need some decent protection.
I argued with a computer salesman about the security of various Windows installations,
and he recommended I use Vipre, which is rated the best protection for Windows.
I've been using Comodo paired with Avast for quite some time, where he told me Avast was rated the 3rd worst in protection... (this is military knowledge)
I can agree that Avast DOES suck, but they've upped their attitude and have improved their product in the last few updates, so I'm not sure how accurate that claim is as of now.
Comodo makes a good cleanup utility and catches almost all of what Avast misses, though Avast is quicker to catch things.
Comodo Browsers on the other hand "Dragon" and "IceDragon" which are secure rebuilds of Chrome and FireFox,
catch most harmful content before it even reaches your computer, though Dragon is slightly safer than IceDragon.
(if you don't have >4GB in RAM, use IceDragon, because Google doesn't give a crap about RAM)
Both browsers are safer than Opera12, which is known to be the safest popular browser
(Opera still uses less RAM than either of them)
Vipre recommended I uninstall both Comodo and Avast, along with the browsers before installation, though let me continue regardless...
I've uninstalled the antivirus, but left the browsers installed, but Vipre seems to eat your system's performance, especially during it's scheduled scans.
I'm thinking of disabling the active protection on Vipre and reinstalling Comodo and Avast.
all 3 can find whatever threats on my system through a scan, which always comes back as having a few bad cookies.
(cookies are what websites use to remember information, but can also be used to track you)
in any case, what I'm trying to point out is with the right protection, you're much safer on XP than you are with the MS-RAT OS's.
(imagine what happens when some outside hacker is able to control that RAT)
the only problem here is developers who have fallen into MS's trap and have stopped supporting WinXP.
Most of this can be resolved by finding an alternative software that still supports XP and is just as good...
But when this can't resolve anything, you're better off using the last update for XP (if you can) and yelling at the devs for an XP build.
This is unfortunately until some Windows hackers are able to port the Aero interface and make it possible for Win7 packages to be installed on XP.
just because XP is old doesn't mean to drop the OS, or Linux would've done that many times by now.
(age is no excuse to stop supporting an OS)
so until people stop following MS's imaginary world where everyone will be under their control, you're kinda screwed...
so in reality you're kinda screwed either way, but choose wizely
and feel free to hit me up if you need a safe installation of WinXP x64 which works on x86 systems, but also supports some of the newer interfaces, such as the GPT hard-disk format.
also ActiveX wasn't fully implemented, so you don't have Active Desktop (HTML background), but that actually makes you safer, since ActiveX is another unsafe addition to Windows
unlike MS, I'm one for doing things right, your privacy and anonymity is what matters most here, as well as your safety from outside infections.
I've been using this particular installation of XP for nearly 2 years now, and not once have I gotten an infection out of the many infected files I've downloaded (all 3 softwares have reported 0 infections).
so that alone should tell you something about my knowledge.
also, you're better off using an IP redirect agent where possible to thwart trackers even more.
the world is full of idiots, I'm just pointing out where the most idiotic ones are ;)
Ever since Bill Gates <3 retired, Microsoft, with their snobby attitude,
has been working their way up to control people, and I pretty much have their plans figured out up till now:
PoV (Microsoft):
step 1: start building a form of control and a new interface into a new OS (Win Vista)
step 2: improve the control and interface to where users have less control (Win 7)
step 3: finalize these features (Win 8) and call the OS we can't control (Win XP) "outdated" and stop supporting it.
step 4: place these finalized features into a new console and attempt to enforce them. (Xbox One)
error, people aren't ready to be controlled: roll back the system and hold off until later.
the new interface is called "Aero" which was built into Vista.
this can be back-ported into XP, but MS would rather try to control people.
the form of control I speal of is a RAT ("Remote Administration Tool" or "Remote Access Trojan") which MS has built into the kernel of the newer OS's.
it seems to have only been tested using Vista, but isn't confirmed to work in the release.
the RAT works in 7, but only after an update, where 8's RAT works right out of the box.
MS only wants to tell you the newer OS's are safer (which they HAVE improved the interfaces for) just so they can gain control over your system and have access to your personal data if needed
here's the catch, STOP relying on Microsoft to secure your XP box and you'll be just about as safe as using Linux.
any newer OS is about as hackable as XP, which also means they're just about as unsafe.
To stay safe with XP, you need some decent protection.
I argued with a computer salesman about the security of various Windows installations,
and he recommended I use Vipre, which is rated the best protection for Windows.
I've been using Comodo paired with Avast for quite some time, where he told me Avast was rated the 3rd worst in protection... (this is military knowledge)
I can agree that Avast DOES suck, but they've upped their attitude and have improved their product in the last few updates, so I'm not sure how accurate that claim is as of now.
Comodo makes a good cleanup utility and catches almost all of what Avast misses, though Avast is quicker to catch things.
Comodo Browsers on the other hand "Dragon" and "IceDragon" which are secure rebuilds of Chrome and FireFox,
catch most harmful content before it even reaches your computer, though Dragon is slightly safer than IceDragon.
(if you don't have >4GB in RAM, use IceDragon, because Google doesn't give a crap about RAM)
Both browsers are safer than Opera12, which is known to be the safest popular browser
(Opera still uses less RAM than either of them)
Vipre recommended I uninstall both Comodo and Avast, along with the browsers before installation, though let me continue regardless...
I've uninstalled the antivirus, but left the browsers installed, but Vipre seems to eat your system's performance, especially during it's scheduled scans.
I'm thinking of disabling the active protection on Vipre and reinstalling Comodo and Avast.
all 3 can find whatever threats on my system through a scan, which always comes back as having a few bad cookies.
(cookies are what websites use to remember information, but can also be used to track you)
in any case, what I'm trying to point out is with the right protection, you're much safer on XP than you are with the MS-RAT OS's.
(imagine what happens when some outside hacker is able to control that RAT)
the only problem here is developers who have fallen into MS's trap and have stopped supporting WinXP.
Most of this can be resolved by finding an alternative software that still supports XP and is just as good...
But when this can't resolve anything, you're better off using the last update for XP (if you can) and yelling at the devs for an XP build.
This is unfortunately until some Windows hackers are able to port the Aero interface and make it possible for Win7 packages to be installed on XP.
just because XP is old doesn't mean to drop the OS, or Linux would've done that many times by now.
(age is no excuse to stop supporting an OS)
so until people stop following MS's imaginary world where everyone will be under their control, you're kinda screwed...
so in reality you're kinda screwed either way, but choose wizely
and feel free to hit me up if you need a safe installation of WinXP x64 which works on x86 systems, but also supports some of the newer interfaces, such as the GPT hard-disk format.
also ActiveX wasn't fully implemented, so you don't have Active Desktop (HTML background), but that actually makes you safer, since ActiveX is another unsafe addition to Windows
unlike MS, I'm one for doing things right, your privacy and anonymity is what matters most here, as well as your safety from outside infections.
I've been using this particular installation of XP for nearly 2 years now, and not once have I gotten an infection out of the many infected files I've downloaded (all 3 softwares have reported 0 infections).
so that alone should tell you something about my knowledge.
also, you're better off using an IP redirect agent where possible to thwart trackers even more.
the world is full of idiots, I'm just pointing out where the most idiotic ones are ;)