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Microsoft blames Vista insecurity on third party applications | |
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| Time: 00:40 EST/05:40 GMT | News Source: VNUNet | Posted By: Kenneth van Surksum | ||
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Windows Vista by itself is immune to existing Windows malware, but third
party email applications could compromise the operating system's security,
Microsoft's co-president for the platform and services division charged in a
blog posting. The Windows chief responded to a
study that security vendor
Sophos published late November. The firm
tried to infect a system running Vista with the ten most prevalent viruses of
November 2006, and found that three of those were able to penetrate the
operating system's defenses. The study raised eyebrows because Microsoft typically touts Windows Vista
security features as one of the software's top benefits. | ||
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| #1 By 7754 (216.160.8.41) at 12/21/2006 12:07:04 PM |
| These headlines are classic. "So, when did you stop beating your wife?" |
| #2 By 8556 (12.207.97.148) at 12/22/2006 9:29:29 AM |
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When you dig deeper you find that one of the third party applications is Outlook, along with other e-mail clients. The problem is the good-old virus attachment issue. Users still have the option of infecting their system by running executibles even when zipped. As we all know this has been, and remains, a user problem. The apps can't be responsible for people doing dumb things with them.
I blame my car for exceeding the speed limit when I drive. |
| #3 By 49656 (72.197.174.24) at 12/22/2006 9:38:16 PM |
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So I guess what theyre saying is that Vista is totally safe unless you uh...use it?
If you just dont get out of bed in the morning, you probably wong get hit by a bus. |
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