Comments on: Symantec attacks Vista

By: Jek

Jek — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 06:15:06 +0000

When is Bill Gates ever going to own up to the security that his old partner puts into the Mac systems? Vista is the most horrible POS in my opinion, XP is way easier to manage when it comes to viruses, system resources, and cleaning up that mess. And it is sad because Mac’s never get attacked, and almost everyone buys a Windows OS. I think its about time Windows’ coding changes completely

By: Vincent

Vincent — Tue, 25 Jul 2006 22:07:22 +0000

In a second report on Vista, Symantec takes on a security feature called User Account Control (UAC), in the operating system. Symantec researchers have tried out privilege-escalation attacks on the February release of Vista: “We discovered a number of implementation flaws that continued to allow a full machine compromise to occur.”
More on this at: http://news.com.com/Symantec+continues+Vista+bug+hunt/2100-1002_3-6097976.html

A third report, examining the Vista core, or kernel, is scheduled to be published this week on Symantec’s DeepSight security intelligence service.

By: vistadiscuss

vistadiscuss — Tue, 25 Jul 2006 05:58:21 +0000

I think Microsoft is very interested in entering antivirus market after she has relased the windows defender. So, Symantech should be really aware that they might be swept out of antivirus market one day.

By: Omer Qureshi

Omer Qureshi — Sun, 23 Jul 2006 01:57:52 +0000

Surprise, Surprise, Symantec voicing against Vista… well I would be against Vista too, if I was Symantec . However betting that XP is more secure than Vista is same as saying, that Seattle has more sunny days than Miami; wishful but untrue 
The reality is that with a built-in firewall, free anti spyware, anti-virus , Phishing filter and parental control etc, Vista will deliver the ultimate peace of mind to consumers and ultimate blow to the bottom-line and sales of companies like Symantec…
I believe that Microsoft did their homework and kept security as the corner stone requirement for next flagship of Windows Operating system. In fact, based on analysis of various security experts “Black Hat” ethical hackers conference, Vista is most secured OS created by MS and might become a baseline for others to follow.

Omer Qureshi

By: Windows Observer » Blog Archive » In and Around the Net – 20 July 2006

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