Blocks only 1 out of 8 Trojans from executing, claims Sophos Microsoft 'neutered' UAC in Windows 7, says researcher Computerworld - Microsoft's decision to reduce the number of annoying security messages that Windows 7 delivers... [read full story]
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UAC default configuration "is not effective". According to a blog post by Sophos senior security advisor Chester Wisniewski, SophosLabs loaded a full release copy of Windows 7 on a clean machine on 22nd October and configured...
Sophos is getting good publicity for its latest sales pitch virus test on Windows 7 . This tells us: We grabbed the next 10 unique samples that arrived in the SophosLabs feed to see how well the newer, more secure version of...
So I installed Windows 7 into a VM, having just gotten Parallels 5 installed. I was testing out an install of ObjectStudio 8.2, and I wanted the latest OS for that. So... are you telling me that the UAC system prompts you less...
Sophos reports that Windows 7 is vulnerable to 8 out of 10 viruses, despite Microsoft’s claim about Windows 7 being more secure. With User Account Control (UAC) turned on, it blocked only one out of the 10 proving that UAC in...
Posted by Dancho Danchev @ 1:33 pm A recently conducted test by malware researchers reveals that eight out of ten malware samples used in the test, successfully bypassed Windows 7’s default UAC (user access control) settings....
User Account Control easily bypassed Out-of-the-box Windows 7 machines are still vulnerable to eight out of ten viruses, according to a test by security firm Sophos. The experiment proves that the improved User Account Control...
By Scott M. Fulton, III , 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...
A Sophos test showed that Windows 7 users stiil need additional anti-virus software. Yesterday Chester Wisniewski of Sophos said that, despite Microsoft's claims that Windows 7 is more secure than its predecessors, the new...
Jason Mick (Blog) - November 5, 2009 2:03 PM Windows 7 may be more secure, but its UAC is less functional than Windows Vista's, according to a recent security study. The study suggests that only antivirus protection can...
Jason Mick (Blog) - November 5, 2009 2:03 PM Windows 7 may be more secure, but its UAC is less functional than Windows Vista's, according to a recent security study. The study suggests that only antivirus protection can...
