Vista security concerns
'Dramatically more secure'... or not?
January saw the full commercial release of Microsoft's latest operating
system: the long-awaited Vista. Since its release arguments have continued
to rumble on over whether the new OS is any more secure than others. While
Bill Gates has described Vista as 'dramatically more secure' than other
operating systems, thanks to its numerous new security features, security
researchers have challenged the claims, pointing out several shortfalls in
the same security features.
For instance, while Sophos researchers have revealed numerous viruses
working under Vista, anti-spyware firm Webroot has shown Windows Defender
to fail to detect a high percentage of the spyware presented to it, and
Kaspersky researchers have picked holes in the usefulness of the User
Access Control system, demonstrated the vulnerability of Patchguard to
rootkits, and surmised that as long as hackers and virus writers continue
to search for vulnerabilities, they will continue to find them.
01 February 2007
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