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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. Re:This is idiotic by lowe0 · · Score: 5, Informative

    Say what? Any official source for Vista ISOs (MSDN and the like) include MD5 sums.

    Now, if you're downloading the software illicitly, you deserve a compromised copy.

  2. Re:How did this end up on the main page? by synthe · · Score: 5, Informative

    The SHA-1 hash is available on any official downloads (Vista, Office 2007, etc) from Microsoft. That includes TechNet, MSDN, and Connect (Beta testers) download links. For reference, b71e04564ca22e4d9928e59298eff87cf62b382b is the SHA-1 hash from the TechNet Plus download of Vista x86 (one DVD includes all versions except Enterprise).