[ale] Is this BS?

[Damon L. Chesser]

On 05/22/2014 05:10 PM, John Heim wrote:
> I am currently talking with someone who claims Windows is more secure 
> than linux "out of the box". Is the following comment by him BS? I 
> can't find anything on google and I've never heard there is anything 
> you have to do after installing debian or ubuntu to make it secure.
>
> > Most distros (Debian and Ubuntu for example, as I've already pointed 
> out) come with services running
> > that don't need to be by default and no default block input policy. 
> obviously this doesn't make one more
> > secure than another, but a user needs to know to disable those, or 
> bind them to loopback or even just
> > protect them with iptables.

As long as we are talking most people,  do most Linux users know better 
than clicking on the attached file to see your refund due to a 
non-exisitng account?  What happens if a windwos users does it? What 
happens if a Linux users does it?  Still looking for the "to see the 
amount due from winning the Google lottery, just sudo su - and provide 
roots password, then extract this file /temp, run tar xzf refund.tar.gz, 
cd /temp/refund then type ./pownme.sh"

How many linux virus are there in the wild?

root kits you have to be wary of.
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Damon L. Chesser
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