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Pierre wrote: ⤴Fri Apr 19, 2019 1:40 am Hi Skuff1975,

the thing is that any Linux System is very much more secure than any Windows System.
- there was just a few Virus that are for an Linux System - but they were created in an Laboratory,

and were conceptual only - - and never released to the wild.

What gets me about malware discussions in relation to linux is that too many people who ought to know better claim there is little to no chance of linux malware to the point of it having immunity, yet there is a plethora of linux malware out there. Desktop users have been fortunate only in that linux servers are the main target, targeted for OpenSSH exploits, and android devices, targeted for kernel exploits. Linux malware is big business because the cloud is big business, and nearly all of it runs on linux.

Moem wrote: ⤴Fri Apr 19, 2019 2:12 am Is it still FUD if it spreads a feeling of fake security instead of fear, uncertainty and doubt?

vansloneker wrote: ⤴Fri Mar 29, 2019 5:02 pm Installing a system, unfortunately Windows needed for a few things. It will become a dual boot with Mint as preferred boot, of course. Carefully prepared a SSD, installed Windows 10. Actually went smooth, though 1st boot hung on a black screen. Rebooted and all worked good. Removed the biggest crap and applied first preferences. Made a Ghost image.

Since it is a Home version went on to install Group Policy Editor. Just the other day did that on another system no problem at all. This one though got stuck on a "configuration registry database is corrupt" error 0x800703F1 when .NET was needed. Here it takes the typical Windows way: the internet is full of desperate postings from people with "configuration registry database is corrupt" errors but no solution.

Maybe I cleaned Windows a bit too much, so back to the post-install situation. To save the SSD, cloned everything to a regular hard disk, restored the after install image, rebooted .... black screen again. Well rebooting again and again, keeps hanging. Another situation with millions of desperate results in google.

For Christ sake, start over on the hard disk, new installation, no mods before gpedit is installed. Again, post-install hangs on a black screen and persists.

I actually do have an installation from this machine, but it´s an older version, and a 7 upgrade. It's set up for a particular task and barely used anyway. I don't allow upgrades on it because the later the 10, the more they suck. Last experience was it didn't allow me to set me preferred apps like Irfan View or 7-zip. It's not the installation I want to use for the current setup.

I am stuck and need your emotional support

bad medicine wrote: ⤴Sat Dec 29, 2018 4:33 pm I need one. I havent used Windows more than 5 times since I got Mint 3 years ago. ...

But what about all the other crap, like ya know, malware? ....

"Ninety-two percent of all vulnerabilities reported by Microsoft with a critical severity rating can be mitigated by removing admin rights," states the enterprise-security firm Avecto, of Manchester, England, in a new report.

vansloneker wrote: ⤴Sun Nov 17, 2019 7:36 am It hadn't been used for maybe over a year. Now suddenly it is unactivated

Moem wrote: ⤴Sun Nov 17, 2019 8:10 am

vansloneker wrote: ⤴Sun Nov 17, 2019 7:36 am It hadn't been used for maybe over a year. Now suddenly it is unactivated

Gotta love Microsoft... wait, no, actually you don't.