On Tue, 20 Mar 2007 16:20:14 +0000, Mark Kent wrote:
> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>> Microsoft shipped OneCare unfinished?
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>>| Since shipping in May, OneCare has failed industry tests and exposed
>>| users to attack because of a security flaw in the antivirus engine.
>>| The application also incorrectly flagged Gmail as a virus and in some
>>| cases quarantined or even deleted complete in-boxes when a single
>>| e-mail was laden with a virus.
>> `----
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>> http://news.com.com/2061-10789_3-6168629.html?part=rss&tag=2547-1_3-0-20&subj=news
>>
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> This embarrassing news just keeps coming.
It is kind of interesting, isn't it?
Vista is here! -- Four years late.
Vista is secure! -- But needs AV apps and other hand-holding.
We have OneCare! -- That's insecure itself.
But it protects you! -- Worse than any other such tool.
Is there *any* part of Vista they got right? For the users, I mean;
whether they got the DRM right is something the media houses might care
about, but not really something I suspect most users really want.
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