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Windows Vista accepts incorrect passwords
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| Windows will (at least on my system) accept it, even though the password is
| incorrect. i’ve verified this on my setup at least five times. This “feature”
| is probably “a convenience to the user”, but it seems odd that they would add
| such a convenience, and then continually bombard the user with
| inconvenient “are you sure YOU clicked that .exe file?” dialogs.
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http://blog.s11n.net/?p=55
Microsoft really dropped the ball with Vista.
Recent:
With Vista breached, Linux unbeaten in hacking contest
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| The MacBook Air went first; a tiny Fujitsu laptop running Vista was hacked on
| the last day of the contest; but it was Linux, running on a Sony Vaio, that
| remained undefeated as conference organizers ended a three-way computer
| hacking challenge Friday at the CanSecWest conference.
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http://www.linuxworld.com/news/2008/032908-with-vista-breached-linux-unbeaten.html?fsrc=rss-linux-news
Vista Called as Vulnerable as Predecessors
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| It looks as if Vista's reputation for improved security could be heading for
| the pages of history. PC Tools has renewed last week's attack on the platform
| with new figures that appear to back up its claim that Vista is almost as
| vulnerable as its predecessors.
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http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/146281/vista_called_as_vulnerable_as_predecessors.html
Vista security credentials tarnished in malware survey
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| "[Vista]has been hailed by Microsoft as the most secure version of Windows to
| date. However, recent research conducted with statistics from over 1.4
| million computers within the ThreatFire community has shown that Windows
| Vista is more susceptible to malware than the eight year old Windows 2000
| operating system, and only 37 per cent more secure than Windows XP," said
| Simon Clausen, chief exec at PC Tools.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/05/09/win_malware_survey/
Vista as Insecure as Windows 2000
http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/145681/vista_as_insecure_as_windows_2000.html
Microsoft Blames Users for Vista Infections
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| Microsoft wasn't going to let that comment go down undisputed and now claims
| that users are responsible for executing malicious code on their machines —
| at least according to TechNet blogger and Microsoft evangelist Michael Kleef,
| who insists that the number of infections found by PC Tools is an indication
| of poor user behavior. Read all about it at ZDNet.co.uk.
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http://www.itsecurity.com/features/in-the-news-061108/
Nevis Labs Identifies Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows Live OneCare
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| Nevis Networks, a market leader in secure switching and identity-based policy
| enforcement appliances, today announced that Nevis Labs has identified
| vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows Live OneCare.
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http://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20080514006196&newsLang=en
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