Russinovich in retreat over Windows Vista security claims
Despite the fact we were told that Windows Vista would be much more secure than Windows XP, Microsoft technical fellow Mark Russinovich is lowering the security expectations built into Vista, particularly User Account Control (UAC).
Russinovich, in a talk at last week’s CanSecWest security conference, made predictions for the future of malware and anti-malware developments. He said that in time hackers will become familiar with Vista, and will develop new exploits, so that viruses, password-stealing Trojans, and rootkits will continue to thrive and be a menace to Windows users.
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