That was taken out of context and I believe he made him self much clearer by
insisting that Antivirus is still recommended. What he was trying to really
say was the new feature in Vista - ALSR (Address space layout randomization)
would make it more difficult to easily compromise the operating system
because it involves arranging the positions of key data areas.
--
Andre
Blog: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com
My Vista Quickstart Guide:
http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog...3DB!9709.entry
"john" <john@msn.com> wrote in message
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> "Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]" <andred25@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>> Trust me, you need Antivirus for Windows Vista, I am running Vista x64
>> and I was surprised when I did a scan with Norton AV Corporate Edition
>> 10.2 it fold several Trojan horses and viruses under C:/Windows which
>> successfully cleaned and deleted. But regardless of all the security
>> technologies that come built into the OS, hackers are constantly
>> attacking the platform and finding new ways to infiltrate the system.
>> That is why you have Antivirus to stay one step ahead.
>> --
>
> this all reminds me of this bit from last year:
>
> Allchin Suggests Vista Won't Need Antivirus
> By Scott M. Fulton, III, BetaNews
> November 9, 2006, 4:26 PM
> During a telephone conference with reporters yesterday, outgoing Microsoft
> co-president Jim Allchin, while touting the new security features of
> Windows
> Vista, which was released to manufacturing yesterday, told a reporter that
> the system's new lockdown features are so capable and thorough that he was
> comfortable with his own seven-year-old son using Vista without antivirus
> software installed.
>
> On the other hand, he also said this:
>
> "I'm not sure how the company lost sight of what matters to our customers,
> both business and home, the most, but in my view we lost our way. I think
> our teams lost sight of what bug-free means, what resilience means, what
> full scenarios mean, what security means, what performance means, how
> important current applications are, and really understanding what the most
> important problems our customers face are"
> - Jim Allchin, former Platform Products and Services Group, Microsoft.
>
> and this:
>
> "I would buy a Mac today if I was not working at Microsoft."
> - Jim Allchin, former Platform Products and Services Group, Microsoft.
>