Obtain a better operating system, that’ll help. If you need a recommendation, try Mandriva. Although I do enjoy a nice fresh Debian based install, Ubuntu is not something I would recommend at this time, due primarily to it’s popularity…the majority must be wrong.
Experts watched warily Wednesday as a worm infecting millions of computers activated itself as predicted on April 1.However fears the Conficker.c worm would cause chaos have so far proved unfounded, with no reports of major problems.
“As long as you’ve patched or at least brought your antivirus software up to speed, you should be fine,” said Chris Pirillo, a tech expert for CNN.com.
And there are plenty of anti-virus software packages available.
“I believe just about everybody out there,” Pirillo said, “has a removal tool.”
Still, the worm could cause problems, he said.
Unlike viruses, worms self propagate, spreading by networks. “Once it’s out there, it’s very difficult to stop,” Pirillo said.
He predicted that “the worst possible outcome” would be that some computers would run “suboptimally,” as network traffic becomes clogged.
And its ability to do that is cleverly designed: Conficker.c has a feature that disables the Windows update program in the Microsoft product, keeping Windows from becoming patched, Pirillo said. It also disables the auto-update capabilities of many anti-virus software programs.
Pirillo said it may be a week or more before the true impact of the worm is known, but he predicted it will have one.
“It’s going to be very annoying to say the least,” he said. “It’s going to impact network traffic.”
Source: CNN.com
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Why must the majority always be wrong. I like Ubuntu because it delivers an out of the box experience vastly superior to anything Windows with all the industry strength characteristics of Linux.
Sometimes I think Redmond will throw in the towel, make a copy of Ubuntu, fiddle around with it, rebadge it, sell it for say 50% of the cost of Windows, first all the staff and continue to make for Gates all his illgotten millions.