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D' Technology Weblog: Windows 7 still need to run anti-virus, Sophos
TechBlog: Linkpost | 11.5.2009
Technology: Technology blog | guardian.co.uk: Got Windows 7? You'll still need antivirus, Sophos shows
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Bien, ya tenemos a windows 7 aqui!! Pero es seguro? http://bit.ly/1k1huw 10 days ago |
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Windows 7 vulnerable to 8 out of 10.. wtf .. http://bit.ly/1k1huw 16 days ago |
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http://bit.ly/1k1huw Windows Vista SP 7 is vulnerable to 8 out of 10 viruses! :) 17 days ago |
Windows 7 still need to run anti-virus, Sophos
D' Technology Weblog —
... 7 on a clean machine, and configured it to follow system defaults for User Account Control (UAC) and didn’t load any anti-virus software. They then feeded 10 unique samples arrived in SophosLabs to see how well newer, more secure version of Windows and UAC held up. Unfortunately, only 2 of 10 samples would not operate correctly under Windows 7. User Account Control did block one sample. Lesson learned? You still need to run anti-virus on Windows 7,” Sophos blog. ...
Linkpost | 11.5.2009
TechBlog —
... - The latest developer build seems to work on an Atom-powered netbook, according to reports. • Windows 7 vulnerable to 8 out of 10 viruses - You DO have antimalware software on that new Win7 installation, right ? • ...
Report: 8 of 10 tested viruses run on Windows 7
TechBlog —
... Microsoft continued to push the notion that Vista was more secure than its predecessor, Windows XP. Now, with Windows 7 available for sale, Microsoft is saying that its new operating system is more secure than its predecessor. Fortunately, no one at Microsoft is making claims similar to that of Allchin's, and that's probably a good thing. That's because Chester Wisniewski at antivirus firm Sophos says researchers there threw 10 new viruses at a clean Windows 7 installation, and eight of them stuck . We grabbed the next 10 unique samples that arrived in the SophosLabs feed to ...
Got Windows 7? You'll still need antivirus, Sophos shows
Technology: Technology blog | guardian.co.uk —
... Windows 7? Yes, we know an increasing number of you have. But you'll still need antivirus protection. A test by the security company Sophos has found that Windows 7 is, out of the box, vulnerable to 8 out of 10 viruses that dropped into its feed (its feed being gnarly viruses picked from the internet). But of those 8, the User Account Control (UAC) - meant to save you from yourself, you button-clicking obsessive, you - did stop one. As Chester Wisniewski at Sophos reports, Unfortunately, despite Microsoft's claims, Windows 7 disappointed just ...
Out-Of-The-Box Windows 7 Install Is Vulnerable To 8 out of 10 Viruses [Windows 7]
Gizmodo —
... The way the test was conducted is that ten viruses were introduced into a clean install of Windows 7 with the UAC settings on system defaults. While only one virus was blocked, two technically did not function properly for whatever reason. Still, this doesn't leave much hope for those who decide to skip automatic patching, firewalls and anti-virus applications. Let's do the whole "Safer Computing" thing, shall we? [Sophos] ...
Out-Of-The-Box Windows 7 Install Is Vulnerable To 8 out of 10 Viruses Tested [Windows 7]
Gizmodo —
... The way the test was conducted is that ten viruses were introduced into a clean install of Windows 7 with the UAC settings on system defaults. While only one virus was blocked, two technically did not function properly for whatever reason. Still, this doesn't leave much hope for those who decide to skip automatic patching, firewalls and anti-virus applications. Let's do the whole "Safer Computing" thing, shall we? [Sophos] ...
Windows 7 Still Vulnerable to Viruses — Durr, Really?
Wired: Gadget Lab —
... “Unfortunately, despite Microsoft’s claims, Windows 7 disappointed just like earlier versions of Windows,” said Chester Wisniewski, a senior security advisor at Sophos, in a blog post. “The good news is that, of the freshest 10 samples that arrived, 2 would not operate correctly under Windows 7.” ...
Sophos study suggests Windows 7 UAC's default setting is self-defeating
Betanews —
... A blog post Tuesday by Sophos senior security engineer Chester Wisniewski stated that recent Sophos tests revealed that User Account Control -- the part of Windows that prompts the user for permission before granting elevated privileges -- was ineffective in stopping common samples of malware from running, in a Windows 7-based system without virus protection. ...
Windows 7 Vulnerability Claims
Official Windows Magazine | Home —
Now that Windows 7 is available, a recent blog by Chester Wisnieski (who works at security vendor Sophos), entitled Windows 7 vulnerable to 8 out of 10 viruses , which has stirred some interest. Here's a quick summary for those who missed Chester's blog. During a test SophosLabs conducted, they subjected Windows 7 to "10 unique [malware] samples that arrived in the SophosLabs feed." They utilized a clean install of Windows 7, using default settings (including the UAC defaults), but did not install any anti-virus software. The end result was 8 of the 10 malware samples ...
Sophos Says Windows 7 Susceptible To Viruses
ChannelWeb Complete Feed —
Despite the strong security that Microsoft is touting in Windows 7, the new operating system is susceptible to most viruses currently circulating in the wild, according to researchers at Sophos. In a Tuesday blog post , Chester Wisniewski, senior security engineer at Boston-based Sophos, cited recent tests in which Windows 7, configured with default User Account Control settings and without antivirus software running, was found to be vulnerable to 8 out of 10 unique ...
Microsoft: Windows 7 Malware Threat 'Sensationalized'
TechWeb —
... advisor at anti-virus software maker Sophos. Wisniewski said Sophos' tests revealed that Windows 7 is "vulnerable to 8 out of 10 viruses." Sophos obtained its results by planting ten instances of known malware onto a PC running Windows 7. Only two were caught by the OS. "Unfortunately, despite Microsoft's claims, Windows 7 disappointed just like earlier versions of Windows," Wisniewski wrote. "Lesson learned? You still need to run anti-virus on Windows 7," Wisniewski added in his post . Microsoft's Cooke, however, countered that Sophos' methodology was flawed, in part ...
Microsoft Says Windows 7 Malware Threat 'Sensationalized'
bMighty.com - Features —
... advisor at anti-virus software maker Sophos. Wisniewski said Sophos' tests revealed that Windows 7 is "vulnerable to 8 out of 10 viruses." Sophos obtained its results by planting ten instances of known malware onto a PC running Windows 7. Only two were caught by the OS. "Unfortunately, despite Microsoft's claims, Windows 7 disappointed just like earlier versions of Windows," Wisniewski wrote. "Lesson learned? You still need to run anti-virus on Windows 7," Wisniewski added in his post . Microsoft's Cooke, however, countered that Sophos' methodology was flawed, in part ...
