Hey, umm, moron......,
Thing the first: I think it would be safe to say that most folks take
issue with a "you" speaking for an "us".
Thing the second: The "begin crap" is a known exploit in windows.
Used to be that you could run a virus in windows email clients by just
typing the word "begin" followed by two spaces, then the
read/write/execute permission code of "666"(among others), and then the
name of the attatched virus file. pretty sneaky in a script kiddie
kinda way, no?
Microsoft, instead of hardening it's OS against viruses by little
things like not allowing mail/news clients to change permissions of
files, just decided to take the megalomaniacal "no one will ever need
more than 640K of memory" high road and not display anything that
follows the "begin" crap.
Thing the third: Linux is a variant of UNIX (the stuff the internet
runs on), the stuff Hotmail ran on until microsoft decided it needed to
be less secure. There was a time when you needed to do more than
point-n-click and shrug-n-pray, but that was a while ago. Most of the
Linux distributions come as easy to set up as windows.
It does, however gall me that people would rather spend $400 on an
unsecure OS, $300-$500 on an office suite that locks users into
proprietary formats, hundreds on AV and firewalls, and countless hours
downloading "security fixes" from a company that requires you to
"activate and register"(assume that everyone is guilty of piracy, and
require you to call microsoft and ask permission to change hardware in
your computer), than take a look at free info on the internet and try
out something different that you just may find secure, stable, fast and
simple.
Don't be afraid of learning new things.