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Microsoft partner: Vista less secure than XP

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Josan
Josan Original post #1
Mar 25, 2007 at 12:54 AM
Security company Kaspersky claimed that Vista's User Account Control (UAC), the system of user privileges that can be used to restrict users' administrative rights, will be so annoying that users will disable it.

Natalya Kaspersky, the company's chief executive, said that without UAC, Vista will be less secure than Windows XP SP2. "There's a question mark if Vista security has improved, or has really dropped down," she said to our sister site ZDNet UK at the CeBIT show in Hanover last week.
T
thunderbird.117 #2
Mar 25, 2007 at 12:57 AM
Josan you are aware of that you should add a source. :)
M
Mar 25, 2007 at 1:45 AM
No source mentioned. Some really stupid things going around. One day symantec says Vista is more secure than linux and mac and yeah, XP too. Now kasperesky comes out and says Vista is less secure than XP. All stupid publicity campaigns to promote their products.