Windows Vista Security "Guide", why Jim Allchin doesn't use Anti-Virus software for his son and why some people just don't want to have improved security unless you pay them for it.

re: Windows Vista Security "Guide", why Jim Allchin doesn't use Anti-Virus software for his son and why some people just don't want to have improved security unless you pay them for it.

David Overton — Mon, 05 Feb 2007 08:15:48 GMT

TripleII,

I agree about the multi-layered aproach - Vista is multi-layered, with IE7 protected mode, UAC and Defender as just some of the layers.

I am 100% for 3rd party ISV solutions to add to these layers. However, some solutions are better than others and I personally dislike those that want to disable some of those layers.

Having said that, I run e-Trust AV and Defender and not a single piece of spyware has hit my system.

Great links though - I will be watching them carefully

ttfn

David

re: Windows Vista Security "Guide", why Jim Allchin doesn't use Anti-Virus software for his son and why some people just don't want to have improved security unless you pay them for it.

TripleII — Mon, 05 Feb 2007 02:44:20 GMT

I agree that UAC (non admin in general) is a good step forward, and Windows Defender is great since it is built in, however, Defender as a great anti-spyware tool is not accurate. You will want a layered approach to anti-spyware (like you need today) since no anti-spyware gets all of it.

http://www.malware-test.com/antispyware.html

Microsoft Windows Defender 1.1 (free): 33.88%

http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,128660/article.html

Tests with the program showed it missed 84 percent of 25 samples of spyware and malicious code

I hope it gets better over time, but at this time, you will want 3rd party anti-spyware as well (or stop installing all those "free" apps).

TripleII