{"id":1227,"date":"2010-10-26T05:00:22","date_gmt":"2010-10-26T09:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.georgetoon.com\/blog\/?p=1227"},"modified":"2010-10-24T11:36:53","modified_gmt":"2010-10-24T15:36:53","slug":"the-big-fix-at-microsoft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.georgetoon.com\/blog\/the-big-fix-at-microsoft\/","title":{"rendered":"The Big Fix at Microsoft"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Windows'<\/p>\n

Windows' vulnerabilities potentially allows hackers to get control of your PC!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Just last week, Microsoft\u00a0issued its biggest every security fix.\u00a0 You can read about it here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Microsoft had to specifically address vulnerabilities in it Windows operating system which could allow hackers to take control of your PC.<\/p>\n

This isn’t good news.<\/p>\n

From the article linked above, “Microsoft released 16 security patches to address 49 problems in its products,…” <\/span>If you’re running Windows, you certainly should take a moment to consider your own risks.<\/p>\n

While you consider whether or not to continue to run Windows, please, at least, give Linux<\/a> a look.\u00a0 I know that Windows has probably become a way of life with you. But you should know that Linux is as easy to use as Windows, has tons of free software<\/strong>, and is immune to viruses, Trojans, and malware that have plagued Microsoft’s products for so many years.<\/p>\n

You don’t have to go cold turkey.\u00a0 Grab a spare system you might have in the house, clean off the hard drive, and install Linux to it! \u00a0 Then,l et the comparison begin!\u00a0 Run both systems side by side fora while.\u00a0 Get out of your Winodws comfort zone and sit in front of the Linux system for several days.\u00a0 Learn a little about Linux, visit the various discussion forums<\/a> and simpy get familiar with it.<\/p>\n

My guess is, if you realy give Linux a fair chance, you’ll end up becoming a Linux user.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Just last week, Microsoft\u00a0issued its biggest every security fix.\u00a0 You can read about it here. Microsoft had to specifically address vulnerabilities in it Windows operating system which could allow hackers to take control of your PC. This isn’t good news. From the article linked above, “Microsoft released 16 security patches to address 49 problems in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,5],"tags":[35,9,10,36],"class_list":["post-1227","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","category-news","tag-computer","tag-linux","tag-pclinuxos","tag-virus-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.georgetoon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1227","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.georgetoon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.georgetoon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.georgetoon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.georgetoon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1227"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.georgetoon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1227\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1281,"href":"https:\/\/www.georgetoon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1227\/revisions\/1281"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.georgetoon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1227"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.georgetoon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1227"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.georgetoon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1227"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}