Vista still requires antivirus, Microsoft stresses

[tickmike]

Hello All.

Just read this http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2168539/allchin-clarifies-antivirus.

 

And also I have worked out what Vista stands for ! = Virus Infections Spyware Trojans Adaware

 

From Michael.

[eejit]

It's amazing that anyone could have believed that it would not have needed AV. I'm running OneCare on my home Vista machines and it's great. I hope that there will be a corporate edition of this some day.

[nawbus]

Isn't that the same MS who initially wouldn't let the anti virus companies have access to Vistas source code........?

[_Bat_]

I didn't realise that anyone other then M$ themselves and government organisations had access to the source code of windows?

 

Who else has access to it?

[webman]

It's not the source code that's the issue; it's that MS had stopped software (apart from Windows itself) from hooking into the OS at low kernel level, required to "protect" it against attacks.

[Geoff]

The hooking 'protection' only applies to Vista 64bit though.

[Dos_Box]

I didn't realise that anyone other then M$ themselves and government organisations had access to the source code of windows?

 

Who else has access to it?

 

Anyone who pays enough. M$ make the code available to 'partners' (paying companies). The code is viewed under strict scrutiny and security.

[webman]

So did MS agree to let vendors access the kernel (on 32bit) when they threatened to sue?