Kaspersky takes Vista security apart
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| Unsurprisingly, the author complains that Microsoft, "has made it
| impossible for security solution vendors to implement certain
| functionality within their products. As a result, it's currently
| not possible to use the full range of effective tools developed by
| antivirus vendors in the security area"
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| "Virus writers are now in some senses in a better position -
| they're not required to tackle PatchGuard head on, and rootkits
| will simply be able to disable it."
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http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=37242
Related:
McAfee: Microsoft completely unrealistic on Vista
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| Windows Vista does not ship with antivirus software installed and active,
| but for the first time Microsoft will be promoting their own antivirus
| service in Windows OneCare. Alex Eckelberry, CEO of Sunbelt Software,
| has already called Microsoft's plans predatory based on pricing. McAfee
| is focusing its critique on operating system design, arguing instead that
| Microsoft's decisions with Vista will simply make the operating system
| less secure.
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| In the advertisement, McAfee CEO George Samunek is quoted as saying,
| "Microsoft is being completely unrealistic if, by locking security
| companies out of the kernel, it thinks hackers won't crack Vista's kernel.
| In fact, they already have." The advert continues: "With its upcoming
| Vista operating system, Microsoft is embracing the flawed logic that
| computers will be more secure if it stops co-operating with the
| independent security firms."
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http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20061002-7875.html
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List of candidate Microsoft astroturfers (directly or indirectly paid by
Microsoft to post in this newsgroup):
Larry Qualig (former Microsoft employee)
Scott Nudds (AKA Vistaking)
Erik Funkenbusch (formerly an anti-OS/2 astroturfer)
flatfish+++
Damian O'Leary (AKA Hadron Quark)
Nedd Ludd
Tim Smith
OK
DFS
Lintard
Terry
Ana Thema
Take everything posted by the individuals above with a barrel of salt.
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