Windows Vista Security debate rages on

Windows Vista Security debate rages on
Robert Lemos, 2006-10-06

Windows Vista Security debate rages on 2006-10-06
Anonymous

What's even more arrogant about MS's position is that PatchGuard has already been bypassed.

http://www.uninformed.org/?v=3&a=3

Unless it has been updated to fix this, it's completely irrational to lock out legitimate 3rd parties. It won't hinder hackers and legit companies are just going to hav...

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Windows Vista Security debate rages on 2006-10-06
Anonymous (2 replies)

Neat. Symantec, the company that can't manage to protect it's users by patching the kernel is now whining because Microsoft does what they can't and won't ever (on their own; just buying kaspersky, bitdefender or a similar company doesn't count) accomplish - make Windows a bit more secure. What's ne...

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Re: Windows Vista Security debate rages on 2006-10-08
Anonymous

I'm a part time IT conultant myself, I majored in computer networking, and I'm studying several certifications related to IT. For the many years I've dealt with PC's micosoft has always been known for poor security in the OS,buggy software, etc. While this is true and we all know Microsoft's has h...

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Re: Windows Vista Security debate rages on 2006-10-16
Anonymous

McAfee were always useless. The only reason they've survived this long is because they bought other companies. Otherwise they would have been dead since the day that DOS died.

And Symantec's programmers (namely Peter Ferrie) are always making jokes about malware programmers' lack of skills! But...

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Windows Vista Security debate rages on 2006-10-06
Anonymous

Embrace, extend, and extinguish has been M$'s policy forever....

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