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Vista Designed to Make Malware Easy

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the it-wasn't-that-hard-in-xp-either dept.

SlinkySausage writes "Trojan horses masquerading as 'cracks for Vista' are starting to appear on pirate boards. More worrying though, Microsoft has confirmed that Vista's image-based install process is designed to allow third-party software to be slipstreamed into the installation DVD. Great for corporate deployment of Vista with software pre-installed, but also a huge benefit for malware writers, who can distribute Vista images with deeply-rooted malware."

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  1. Bad analogy time... by Terminal+Saint · · Score: 2, Funny

    Can't say I feel bad for a bank robber when it turns out the teller slipped them a dye packet...

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    1. Re:Bad analogy time... by Brad1138 · · Score: 2, Funny

      Can't say I feel bad for a bank robber when it turns out the teller slipped them a dye packet...

      Apples and Oranges
      Your comparing a big corporate bank with a big corporate software firm, obviously stealing software doesn't hurt anyone.

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  2. Re:Vista _IS_ malware by JebusIsLord · · Score: 1, Funny

    cause like, duuuude, Software wants to be free, man!

    Also, its pretty stinking easy to check the MD5 sum of a downloaded image, ain't it? Non-story.

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  3. Re:Vista _IS_ malware by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    > cause like, duuuude, Software wants to be free, man!

    What the fuck is that supposed to mean?

  4. Nobody sees the real problem by suv4x4 · · Score: 4, Funny

    If you're legit, the chance of running a bad install are zero.

    But Windows still allows you to run ANY program you download. And this affects legit users too. Why isn't anybody talking about this.

    I think it's about time Microsoft forbids running programs on Windows, or malware will have an edge.

  5. Re:So? by nog_lorp · · Score: 2, Funny

    Ha! Everyone here claims to be on the internet! Why should I believe you?

    ~nog_lorp

  6. Re:So? by Fred_A · · Score: 4, Funny
    TFA is a troll.
    Yeah, the copy of Visto I just downloaded works fine ! This is FUD plain and simple!

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  7. Relax, it's nothing to worry about. by kimvette · · Score: 4, Funny

    You really don't have anything to worry about, because the EULA forbids making ISO images of the consumer editions of Vista.

    Right? :D

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  8. *Gets out chalk and marks High-water* by goldcd · · Score: 2, Funny

    Seemingly this is the first anti-MS story, that even Slashdot has collectively called as Troll.

  9. FUD!!! by llzackll · · Score: 3, Funny

    This has been possible with every version of windows since 98, and probably even previous versions.

  10. Re:So? by nath_de · · Score: 2, Funny

    There is this thing called "bad luck" which will make me get a much bigger fraction of the junk, thus swamping my entire connection. :(

  11. Malware is easy by unknownideal · · Score: 2, Funny

    Haven't you ever heard the old saying "Easy as malware"?