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As Expected, Security Software Makers Mock Microsoft's Free AV

You had to see this one coming. They did it when Microsoft shipped Windows Live OneCare and then raced to create their own me-too products. But what will Symantec and McAfee do now that Microsoft is providing Windows users with free AV? Whine, of course. IDG News reports: "Security Essentials won't...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 09-30-2009
Security software changes in Windows 7 RC

I had noticed in one of the previous post-Beta interim builds of Windows 7 that ESET NOD32 was throwing up an Action Center message to the effect that it was incompatible with the way security software communicates its status; previously, NOD32 worked just fine. In the RC build, this has been formalized...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 04-25-2009
Is UAC broken in Windows 7?

Bloggers Long Zheng and Rafael Rivera have found what appears to be a serious failing in the emasculated version of User Account Control (UAC) that Microsoft is including in Windows 7: Apparently, it doesn’t work and is very easy to bypass. So easy, in fact, that Zheng and Rivera were able to write up...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 01-30-2009
Microsoft Security guys have fun at Mac loyalist’s expense

Thanks to Joe R. for this link: This one kind of speaks for itself , but it’s funny and I’m guessing most of you will enjoy it. A choice clip: h8er: I run a Mac! Don't you feel embarrassed working for Microsoft knowing that 40% of your customers are infected with Malware? MSFT guy: ...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 08-11-2008
Yes, Virginia, Vista really is more secure than previous Windows versions

A report from PC Tools last week claimed that Windows Vista was, in fact, more susceptible to malware than Windows 2000, an operating system Microsoft released almost a decade ago, and well before its Trustworthy Computing initiative: Leading security software vendor, PC Tools, today released research...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 05-14-2008

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As Expected, Security Software Makers Mock Microsoft's Free AV

Security software changes in Windows 7 RC

Is UAC broken in Windows 7?

Microsoft Security guys have fun at Mac loyalist’s expense

Yes, Virginia, Vista really is more secure than previous Windows versions