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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. Old song by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    So basically what they're saying is that you should STILL just get a Mac.

    Just like the recent Apple ad,

  2. Re:Ridiculous counting/I'm in a negative mood by mykepredko · · Score: 0, Troll

    When you posted:

    -Only 8 of the 10 successfully ran on Windows 7, the other 2 failed to even start

    I read it that two of the ten systems loaded with Windows 7 failed to boot. I should really have given MicroSoft more credit than that.

    myke

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  3. Re:Ridiculous counting by thinkpol · · Score: 0, Troll

    So in other words, 8 of 10 viruses wont even run on Windows 7.

    What is that saying about compatibility issues in windows 7? I wonder how many legitimate pieces of software wont run in W7... 8/10?

  4. so what? by anthonycamilleri · · Score: 0, Troll

    now microsoft offers 'security essentials' virus protection is essentially a plug-in to the system. testing it without the plugin is a bit like checking the robbery rate of a house with an installed alarm system which is turned off for the test.

  5. Re:Not News!! by tomhudson · · Score: -1, Troll

    Getting the sound card, network card, and multibutton trackball working on my Linux machine took plenty of finagling too.

    You must be related to the guy that was bitching about not being able to find a small distro for his 486.

    BTW - trackballs suck as bad as those "natural keyboards" that were all the fad years ago.

  6. Re:High quality! by shutdown+-p+now · · Score: 0, Troll

    So 8/10 viruses don't require administrator permissions and conform to Windows development standards.

    Well, they had 3 years to get prepared with that Win7 alpha known as "Vista" ~