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In Test, Windows 7 Vulnerable To 8 Out of 10 Viruses
As Windows 7's market share passes 3.6%, up from 1.9% the day before launch,
llManDrakell notes an experiment they did over at Sophos. They installed Windows 7 on a clean machine — with no anti-virus protection — with User Access Control in its default configuration. They threw at it the next 10 virus/worm samples that came in the door. Seven of them ran; UAC stopped only one baddie that had run in the absense of UAC. "Lesson learned? You still need to run anti-virus on Windows 7."
Is this supposed to be a surprise?
So, for (1) Windows 7 is very similar to Vista, with a lot of code reuse, and (2) the people who develop viruses target *almost exclusively* windows, so how would the need to run an antivirus on a new version of windows ever be something you would doubt?
~dijjnn
This is /. 8 out of 10 people here will only ever have sex with their right hand. :)
And the other 2 with their left hand.
If I were God, wouldn't I protect my churches from acts of me?
Windows 7 had 1.9% market share before launch?
Well, if they'd used a fully updated version of Sophos how many would have gotten through?
So 8/10 viruses don't require administrator permissions and conform to Windows development standards. If only the rest of the software industry had such high standards.
Anyone who uses any computer (including Mac AND Linux) without anti-virus is asking for what they get.
HAH! What else? Should Slashdotters buy boxes of condoms, just in case?
New tests show that software written for Windows runs on Windows! Copycat studies have also shown conclusively that software written for Macs run on Macs and software written for Linux runs on Linux! More at 11.
So just like linux and mac we will not get a virus.
What about ambidextrous people. I'm just asking.
Agent K: A *person* is smart. People are dumb, stupid, panicky animals, and you know it.
So what do Microsoft employees do with the other hand? Oh duh... flame on Slashdot of course.
This is my sig. There are many like it but this one is mine.
In other news, running "sudo rm -rf /" as may cause migraines in up to 90% of linux administrators.
XML is a known as a key material required to create SMD: Software of Mass Destruction
The only reason people get viruses on Windows is because they steal it!
http://news.slashdot.org/story/09/11/02/2342258/Microsoft-Links-Malware-Rates-To-Pirated-Windows?art_pos=20
It's simple; they must have been testing with a pirated copy of Windows 7!
Antivirus software vendor has reached the conclusion that you still NEED antivirus software.
You don't need a virus if you have Linux. Just upgrade to the next version. That will take down your machine way quicker than getting a virus...
Peter predicted that you would "deliberately forget" creation 2000 years ago...
It could also just as easily read: "Two out of every ten virus writers deploy their work without testing it first."
Think of it from the wife's perspective.
They've been good and faithful for ten years, and BAM, syphyllis, HIV, and herpes.
Because they KNEW their husband wasn't a dirty cheating bastard.
Can tell you're not married. No woman who's been married for 10 years still has sex with her husband.
This is /. 8 out of 10 people here will only ever have sex with their right hand.
And the other 2 with their left hand. :)
But what about those of us having threesome with both hands?
My roommate used to get drunk, take off his pants and put them over his head and run through traffic.
He never got hit by a car. I still wouldnt recommend the practice.
You still need to run anti-virus on Windows 7
There's a classic example of abductive reasoning. I do not have to run anti-virus on Windows 7 because I don't, nor do I ever plan to run Windows 7.
We won't be talking about those slimy ambidextrous people.
Damn it, just make up your mind people!!!
If I were God, wouldn't I protect my churches from acts of me?
Wait, I don't get it. Are there any other ways to have sex?
...gis sdrawkcab (usually not responding to ACs; don't bother posting as AC)
I'm always having sex with both of my hands and I'm not an ambidextrous. I feel like an outsider now.
Now I'm crying again.
This is proof slashdot is biased, do you notice how slashdoters like to pick on Windows? You'd never see an article talking about people having problems with Ubun... wait... fuck...
But... the future refused to change.