Well, It seems I have to start with bitman:
You spend way too much time overthinking on how much better Windows 7 is over the "outdated" XP...
Windows 7 vulnerable to 8 out of 10 viruses
http://www.sophos.com/blogs/chetw/g/...-8-10-viruses/
Those folks over at Sophos Labs are no slouches, I assure you.
I think you should spend some of that time not worring about what operating system I'm running, nor what hardware I currently have -
You dropped the ball and skirted around the issue. I am wondering if there is anyone here that really could answer my questions as they were laid out.
Please don't waste my time again with your foolish opinoins and senseless drool.
More for you in a minute, but first, let's move on drragostea...
Yes, you are correct - his weak, lazy, ignorant responses will indeed "light up the whole freaking world" - his whole freaking world, that is...
You should not respond to such in the manner you did - you are involved with one of the "top-ten" spyware products in the world - comments like that reflect on Spybot in such a way that folks may decide to uninstall your software and never use it again.
If I was at the helm, I would've fired your happy ass quicker than a High School Freshman with a Saturday Night Hooker and then black-listed you from the industry for years to come.
What you should have done was taken advantage of the opportunity that was put in front of you at the time - but instead, you choose to praise him by giving him a "pat him on the back". You deserve each other.
As the same with Honda12 - and I thought you had a back-bone!
What was that opportunity? This is the first time Internet Explorer has the opportunity to actually use InPrivate Filter for Ad Blocking and such beyond what the user may or may not use it for - in the form of a list provided by Spybot, updated one per week.
If any of you had any Business Acumen, you would see your failures -
This could have given Spybot the opportunity to get quite ahead of it's competition - by offering another level of protection along with Immunization and a Hosts File - a 3-way dance - which no one is doing at the moment.
This opportunity could have been a seperate option in a "pro version" for home or business use, thus providing a new revenue stream - which I'm sure you folks need.
It's kind of funny - bitman beat his chest proudly in his opening remarks on how he stopped using most of the blocking features such as Host files and Restricted Sites (Immunize) when IE7 came out..
Yet, this clown is a Spybot Advisor Team Member?
Wait a second - Spybot provides a multi-layered system of protection including using Immunization, a Hosts File, and of course, Tea Timer...
What's wrong with this picture? Let me guess: Inept or Incompetent?
Feeling kinda silly, aren't ya?
I would never take advice from a guy who doesn't believe in his own product - nor would I take the advice from a guy who doesn't lock-down, secure, and harden the world's most widely hijacked Browser.
Upgrade to Windows 7? Why, so that I can be like you? I don't think so...
I have everything that I want or need from Vista and Windows 7 already - over 95% of "what is" Windows 7 and Vista has been ported back to XP - check this out:
List of Most Vista / Windows 7 Apps, Tools, and Features for XP
http://www.winmatrix.com/forums/inde...atures-for-xp/
Between this and other websites, blogs, and forums that for the past 8-9 years have documented tons and tons of information on XP...
I see no reason in the world why I should upgrade to Windows 7.
Here is another one of my favorites:
"The Road to Know Where" - get it? LOL
December, 2008 - check it out -
http://bhandler.spaces.live.com/?_c1...26ayear%3d2008
In fact, let me show you what a real XP system looks like:
http://photobucket.com/poolsharkzz
Your Honor, I rest my case - Take your Windows 7 and show it...
and then call me in April, 2014 - I might then decide whether or not XP is "out-dated" or not. In the mean time, do some research before you open your pie hole again:
"For all you Windows 7ers who need to bash XP"
http://www.winmatrix.com/forums/inde...-windows-7ers/
I also think it might be best to think about working harder to "get it right" on that so-called "redundancy" "immunization-thingy" feature again, it seems you folks have to catch up on some serious complaints from what I see!
The only person who made any sense was Rosenfeld. Thank you, maybe you can take another look at what my orginial intentions were for this thread and take it to the next level? It would be very much appreaciated.
Honda12 tried, but got caught up too much in the mix. Next time, I would suggest being a leader instead of a follower - you will go much farther and folks will respect you a whole lot more.
At the end of the it's simple people - focus on what the topic is and respond to it in kind - keeping your damn personal opinoins out of the picture.
This isn't my first rodeo, boy and girls, nor will it be my last. I've been dealing with technology since before most of you were even born - green screens, dot-matrix printers, the AS 400 mainframe, Cobol, DOS, Basic, Fortran, Pascal, Lotus Notes and Punch Card Reader Systems before that.
I suggest we try again, this time the right way?
I am looking foward to your on-topic answers.
Thank you,
poolsharkzz