Re: Microsoft blames Vista insecurity on third party applications

["Brian Loe" <knobdy () gmail com>]

On 12/20/06, Blue Boar <BlueBoar () thievco com> wrote:
> Fergie wrote:
> >  http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2171373/microsoft-blames-vista
>
> The article begins:
> "Windows Vista by itself is immune to existing Windows malware"
>
> Wow, that's got to be some kind of record, 0 to clueless in 10 words?
>
> (Though to be fair to the author, Tom Sanders, he seems to be
> paraphrasing the Microsoft guy in charge of security.  Yeah, that's
> better...)

The text of the article appears to back up the claim. If someone wants
to dispute it I would think Sophos would need to re-run their tests on
a tightened box - or just a box without 3rd party (or software that
doesn't come with the OS - to be more accurate) software.
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