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Re: Vista "virus" detectors fail.....

In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Roy Schestowitz
<newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
 wrote
on Tue, 06 Feb 2007 03:53:56 +0000
<1306290.Y8UcOrECHz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> __/ [ The Ghost In The Machine ] on Tuesday 06 February 2007 02:48 \__
>
>> In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Roy Schestowitz
>> <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>  wrote
>> on Tue, 06 Feb 2007 02:05:26 +0000
>> <7374296.xgo2P8Uc6i@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>>> __/ [ Gordon ] on Monday 05 February 2007 18:14 \__
>>>
>>>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6331959.stm
>>>
>>>
>>> Windows Vista: It's More Secure, We Promise
>>>
>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>> | Well, allow me to take a moment to remind everyone of something that
>>> | you might not remember - XP was also touted as being ultra secure.
>> 
>> It was.  For Microsoft. :-)  No doubt preinstalled XP (and
>> now Vista) packages make a significant fraction of
>> Microsoft's incoming licensing revenue.
>> 
>>> | Seriously, can anyone honestly look themselves in the mirror and say
>>> | this is the gospel truth? You have got to be kidding me. Similar to
>>> | XP, Microsoft promises to have the most secure Windows version to date
>>> | yet again.
>>> `----
>>>
>>>
> http://www.osweekly.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2357&Itemid=449
>>>
>>>
>>> Going about a month back:
>>>
>>>
>>> Windows Vista's first malware warning
>>>
>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>> | Web-based email services expose Windows Vista
>>> `----
>>>
>>> http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/news/index.cfm?newsid=7748
>>>
>>>
>>> Three of the top ten malware threats run on Microsoft Vista, Sophos
>>> tests show
>>>
>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>> | Sophos tested each piece of malware in the top ten on the Vista
>>> | operating system to establish whether users running Vista without
>>> | any third-party security software would avoid infection.
>>> `----
>>>
>>>
> http://www.sophos.com/pressoffice/news/articles/2006/11/toptennov.html?_log_from=rss
>>>
>>>
>> 
>> Lovely.  (FSVO)
>
> For the cybercriminals. ;-)
>

Hmm....now I am getting paranoid. :-)

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