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Vista Designed to Make Malware Easy

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:Vista _IS_ malware by jb.hl.com · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    How, precisely, will Vista infect ANYTHING with DRM? Other than allowing you to play DRMed music and movies, obviously. Infection implies that everything you have will suddenly be DRMed, which is patently bullshit.

    So come on; infected with DRM. How are they going to do that exactly?

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  2. Check out Microsoft's wrongdoing! by CensorsAreBadPeople · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    It is here: http://malfy.org/