Posted 05 Nov 2009 — by Arun
Category News
Sophos reports that Windows 7 is vulnerable to 8 out of 10 viruses, despite Microsoft’s claim about Windows 7 being more secure. With User Account Control (UAC) turned on, it blocked only one out of the 10 proving that UAC in it’s default configuration is not effective at protecting a PC from malware.
Microsoft also claimed that Windows Vista infection was 61.9% less than Windows XP. What they didn’t say was the market share of Windows XP was 70.5% and Windows Vista is 19%.
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You might have read the news all over the web that Microsoft is tweaking UAC (User Account Control) in Windows 7 after receiving lots of complaints about it in Vista. Microsoft is offering more options to users on setting the UAC. istartedsomething.com has posted an article on UAC flaw in Windows 7 and a proof of concept code to exploit that flaw.
According to Long Zheng, the reason he was blogging about this flaw was due to Microsoft’s apparent ignorance towards the matter on their official Windows 7 beta feedback channel by noting the issue as “by design” and hinting it won’t be fixed in the retail version.
Click here to read more on flaw and how it affects Windows 7.
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