JohnInSJ
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Re: Sophos: Windows 7 vulnerable to 8 out of 10 viruses
It still says nothing about the user rights of the logged in user, or if the infections were limited to that specific user account or to the base OS.
Both of these points are critical to evaluating the claims. Cleaning up a borked user account is childs play. Cleaning a borked machine is not.
The "change" in UAC in windows 7 is that, by default, the annoyance slider is one tick down vs. vista. That's pretty much it.
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siljaline
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1 edit | Noted, perhaps this will change come Win 7 SP1 ?
Windows 7 SP1 beta rumored by end of 2009, RTM summer 2010
»arstechnica.com/microsoft/news/2···2010.ars
»www.neowin.net/news/main/09/11/0···-surface
Edit to add:
Sophos: Win 7 vulnerable to 8/10 viruses,FUD alert
»www.neowin.net/news/main/09/11/0···ud-alert
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Razzy12345
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Hmmm did they use default 7 UAC settings or Vista UAC settings? I wonder if they set UAC to "Always notify" and see what happened.
Do you know that Windows 7 UAC settings allow to completely turn off UAC without a single UAC prompt? That didn't make any sense to me. |
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tempnexus
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1 edit | I vote for the old Kasperksy Squealing Pig sound for anytime you turn off UAC.
That damn thing woke me up at 4 am many times when my PC was set to perform a system scan and I forgot to turn off my speakers.
Nothing like an angry squealing pig to wake you up at 4 am. |
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MarkAW
Barry White or lil bratt
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I wonder if matunga  seen this thread before he started this one.
»Bug in latest Linux gives untrusted users root access |
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kw
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I work at a walk-up helpdesk at my University and we deal with spyware/virus infections on a daily basis. I'd say at least 90% of the "problem machines" (machines heavily infected/in need of formatting) are XP machines.
We rarely get a Vista machine. Not saying it doesn't happen, just an observation.
I think having an extra layer (even if its ineffective most of the time) is better than nothing |
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TSI Gabe
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said by tempnexus :I vote for the old Kasperksy Squealing Pig sound for anytime you turn off UAC. That damn thing woke me up at 4 am many times when my PC was set to perform a system scan and I forgot to turn off my speakers. Nothing like an angry squealing pig to wake you up at 4 am. ROFL. omg that brought up bad memories.
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Razzy12345
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Same observation at my shop. I get tons of Vista machines going through it.. and barely see much infections on those. XP on other hands................... way too much. |
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Its a Secret
Whatever
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said by TSI Gabe :said by tempnexus :I vote for the old Kasperksy Squealing Pig sound for anytime you turn off UAC. That damn thing woke me up at 4 am many times when my PC was set to perform a system scan and I forgot to turn off my speakers. Nothing like an angry squealing pig to wake you up at 4 am. ROFL. omg that brought up bad memories. Uhh, Deliverance? 
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shrine
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Another useless Microsoft security model? Big, big surprise.
I wonder why everyone sees the need to defend and divert blame from Microsoft? Are we really that jaded by decades of insecurity, paranoia, and defenselessness with Windows? Oh, right, we are.. |
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Its a Secret
Whatever
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| said by shrine :I wonder why everyone sees the need to defend and divert blame from Microsoft? Please define "everyone". There are a few here that didn't defend this. And that, friend dispels the notion of "everyone" quite handily.
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