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JohnInSJ @ 4th Nov 09:24AM:
Re: Sophos: Windows 7 vulnerable to 8 out of 10 viruses

said by siljaline :

That would be naked-out-of-the-box :D

It still says nothing about the user rights of the logged in user, or if the infections were limited to that specific user account or to the base OS.

Both of these points are critical to evaluating the claims. Cleaning up a borked user account is childs play. Cleaning a borked machine is not.

The "change" in UAC in windows 7 is that, by default, the annoyance slider is one tick down vs. vista. That's pretty much it.
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siljaline @ 4th Nov 12:56PM:
Re: Sophos: Windows 7 vulnerable to 8 out of 10 viruses

Noted, perhaps this will change come Win 7 SP1 ?

Windows 7 SP1 beta rumored by end of 2009, RTM summer 2010
»arstechnica.com/microsoft/news/2···2010.ars
»www.neowin.net/news/main/09/11/0···-surface

Edit to add:
Sophos: Win 7 vulnerable to 8/10 viruses,FUD alert
»www.neowin.net/news/main/09/11/0···ud-alert

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anon @ 4th Nov 02:35PM:
Re: Sophos: Windows 7 vulnerable to 8 out of 10 viruses

Hmmm did they use default 7 UAC settings or Vista UAC settings? I wonder if they set UAC to "Always notify" and see what happened.

Do you know that Windows 7 UAC settings allow to completely turn off UAC without a single UAC prompt? That didn't make any sense to me.
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tempnexus @ 4th Nov 02:38PM:
Re: Sophos: Windows 7 vulnerable to 8 out of 10 viruses

I vote for the old Kasperksy Squealing Pig sound for anytime you turn off UAC.

That damn thing woke me up at 4 am many times when my PC was set to perform a system scan and I forgot to turn off my speakers.

Nothing like an angry squealing pig to wake you up at 4 am.
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MarkAW @ 4th Nov 04:09PM:
Re: Sophos: Windows 7 vulnerable to 8 out of 10 viruses

I wonder if matunga seen this thread before he started this one.
»Bug in latest Linux gives untrusted users root access
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kw @ 4th Nov 04:43PM:
Re: Sophos: Windows 7 vulnerable to 8 out of 10 viruses

I work at a walk-up helpdesk at my University and we deal with spyware/virus infections on a daily basis. I'd say at least 90% of the "problem machines" (machines heavily infected/in need of formatting) are XP machines.

We rarely get a Vista machine. Not saying it doesn't happen, just an observation.

I think having an extra layer (even if its ineffective most of the time) is better than nothing
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TSI Gabe @ 4th Nov 04:57PM:
Re: Sophos: Windows 7 vulnerable to 8 out of 10 viruses

said by tempnexus :

I vote for the old Kasperksy Squealing Pig sound for anytime you turn off UAC.

That damn thing woke me up at 4 am many times when my PC was set to perform a system scan and I forgot to turn off my speakers.

Nothing like an angry squealing pig to wake you up at 4 am.

ROFL. omg that brought up bad memories.
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anon @ 4th Nov 06:29PM:
Re: Sophos: Windows 7 vulnerable to 8 out of 10 viruses

Same observation at my shop. I get tons of Vista machines going through it.. and barely see much infections on those. XP on other hands................... way too much.
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Its a Secret @ 4th Nov 08:12PM:
Re: Sophos: Windows 7 vulnerable to 8 out of 10 viruses

said by TSI Gabe :

ROFL. omg that brought up bad memories.

Uhh, Deliverance? :D
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shrine @ 4th Nov 09:07PM:
Re: Sophos: Windows 7 vulnerable to 8 out of 10 viruses

Another useless Microsoft security model? Big, big surprise.

I wonder why everyone sees the need to defend and divert blame from Microsoft? Are we really that jaded by decades of insecurity, paranoia, and defenselessness with Windows? Oh, right, we are..
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Its a Secret @ 4th Nov 09:35PM:
Re: Sophos: Windows 7 vulnerable to 8 out of 10 viruses

said by shrine :

I wonder why everyone sees the need to defend and divert blame from Microsoft?

Please define "everyone". There are a few here that didn't defend this. And that, friend dispels the notion of "everyone" quite handily.
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