Could this have been prevented with Linux? OR common sense?

[Don Ellis]

Yet another reason I like the execution paradigm on the Mac. In  
WindBlowz, you can close any individual window, but the application  
continues -- at least to the uninitiated, each window has to be  
closed separately. In MacOS (classic and current), you can quit the  
application and all windows close together.

--Don Ellis (trying a new mail client)

[PS - of course turning on popup blocking in the web browser is  
almost always helpful (except when necessary to run a web application)]


On Jan 16, 2007, at 8:20 AM, Kelsay, Brian - Kansas City, MO wrote:

> All the more important that you use Firefox with adblock and  
> flashblock or at the very least, run a pop-up blocking software and  
> have adware/spyware removal tools available.
>
> From: Oren Beck
> Sent: Monday, January 15, 2007 10:59 PM
> To: KCLUG (E-mail)
> Subject: Could this have been prevented with Linux? OR common sense?
>
> http://www.norwichbulletin.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070106/ 
> NEWS01/701060312/1002/NEWS17
>
> Forgive the long link- but this is NOT a story that should go by  
> uncommented.
> For if we do so, the "Who's next?"  may be any innocent caught  
> unaware.
> Read the story and be very afraid..
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