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Windows Vista Security : Windows Vista and Malware

May 12th, 2008 · No Comments · 307 views

Microsoft clears the air on the recent ‘Windows 2000 is safer than Windows Vista’ hubub. The verdict? Vista had 44% fewer infected machines than Windows 2000 SP4, and 77% fewer than Windows 2000 SP3. Keep reading →

ITsVISTA Web Links: November 21st, 2007

November 21st, 2007 · 3 Comments · 702 views

New Breed of Viruses Designed for Windows Vista (+ Service Pack 1) - In 2008, according to McAfee

November 21st, 2007 · No Comments · 42 views

Of course, as more users adopt Vista, more virus writers are going to target it. Thankfully, Vista makes their job more difficult, but certainly not impossible. Keep reading →

Symantec Has Bombarded Vista with 2,000 Instances of Malware

March 2nd, 2007 · No Comments · 95 views

Vista security is proving to work very well, allowing only 2%-4% of all known malware to execute and survive a system restart. Keep reading →

Windows Vista Still Virus Compatible!

December 1st, 2006 · 1 Comment · 1,510 views

VirusOn November 8th Jim Allchin, the co-president of the Platform Products and Services Group at Microsoft said that the new lockdown features of Vista are good enough that he could let his seven-year old son use it without antivirus software installed.
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