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In Test, Windows 7 Vulnerable To 8 Out of 10 Viruses

Posted by kdawson on from the take-your-shots dept.

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."

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  1. High quality! by jpmorgan · · Score: 5, Funny

    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.

  2. In other exciting news... by frist · · Score: 5, Funny

    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.

  3. Re:I'm shocked! by Archangel+Michael · · Score: 5, Funny

    What about ambidextrous people. I'm just asking.

    --
    Agent K: A *person* is smart. People are dumb, stupid, panicky animals, and you know it.
  4. Big surprise by FunkyOldD · · Score: 5, Funny

    Antivirus software vendor has reached the conclusion that you still NEED antivirus software.