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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. 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!