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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. What a time saver! by sporkme · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Now my family will not have to go to all the trouble of downloading their malware - it will come preinstalled! It's a feature!

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  2. Um by trifish · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Just two words about TFA and the Slashdot title: Utter FUD.

  3. Re:This is idiotic by Lars+T. · · Score: 0, Redundant

    How do you know you which free Linux-ISOs you can trust? Better the devil you know.

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  4. Re:This is idiotic by Lars+T. · · Score: 0, Redundant
    So when somebody gives me a Linux CD that says "Ubuntu" on it, I can be sure that it isn't spyware-ridden because Microsoft is evil?

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  5. shocking news by AlgorithMan · · Score: 0, Redundant

    shocking news:
    if you install software from an unreliable source, it might contain malware

    now I don't like microsoft, but this article is just FUD!

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