C|Net: Symantec Wants to Lend a Hand with Vista Security

["Fergie" <fergdawg () netzero net>]

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Somehow this strikes me as a phenomenally bad idea.

Via C|Net News.

[snip]

Symantec is thinking up ways to take the pain out of a security feature in
Windows Vista.

The Cupertino, Calif., company has plans to create a technology that makes
security decisions for Vista owners dealing with User Account Control. This
feature in the operating system asks for permission to lift security
barriers to the inner workings of a PC whenever software tries to access
these. But it makes too many requests to be effective, according to
Symantec.

"I have been running Vista for a while, and UAC bugged the heck out of
me--to the point where I tuned it out and, eventually, turned it off,"
Rowan Trollope, vice president of consumer products at Symantec, said in an
interview. "If a company could do better, it would be one of us security
companies."

While Trollope's comments may seem self-serving, Natalie Lambert, an
analyst with Forrester Research, said the company has a valid point.

[snip]

More:
http://news.com.com/2100-7355_3-6148872.html

- - ferg

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