November viruses already Vista-compatible
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More news ... Viruses are Vista Ready[^] Shock and awe I tell ya'
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More news ... Viruses are Vista Ready[^] Shock and awe I tell ya'
Douglas Troy wrote:
This could result in businesses having to adopt a draconian policy on employees accessing webmail unless systems are shored up with third party security software.
Such valuable advice in a press release by a firm that sells third party security software... :rolleyes:
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More news ... Viruses are Vista Ready[^] Shock and awe I tell ya'
before i read that, lemme make a (most likely correct) guess: The number of viruses already Vista-compatible is > than the number of software products already Vista-compatible.:laugh::-D;P /me gets to reading that...
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before i read that, lemme make a (most likely correct) guess: The number of viruses already Vista-compatible is > than the number of software products already Vista-compatible.:laugh::-D;P /me gets to reading that...
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More news ... Viruses are Vista Ready[^] Shock and awe I tell ya'
Douglas Troy wrote:
Viruses are Vista Ready
Does Microsoft's WGA certify my viruses? I'd personally like to know that I'm running authenticated, genuine, viruses, thank you very much! Marc
People are just notoriously impossible. --DavidCrow
There's NO excuse for not commenting your code. -- John Simmons / outlaw programmer
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Douglas Troy wrote:
Viruses are Vista Ready
Does Microsoft's WGA certify my viruses? I'd personally like to know that I'm running authenticated, genuine, viruses, thank you very much! Marc
People are just notoriously impossible. --DavidCrow
There's NO excuse for not commenting your code. -- John Simmons / outlaw programmer
People who say that they will refactor their code later to make it "good" don't understand refactoring, nor the art and craft of programming. -- Josh Smith -
Douglas Troy wrote:
Viruses are Vista Ready
Does Microsoft's WGA certify my viruses? I'd personally like to know that I'm running authenticated, genuine, viruses, thank you very much! Marc
People are just notoriously impossible. --DavidCrow
There's NO excuse for not commenting your code. -- John Simmons / outlaw programmer
People who say that they will refactor their code later to make it "good" don't understand refactoring, nor the art and craft of programming. -- Josh Smith:laugh::laugh::laugh: On another note.... Is CListCtrl already WGA-certified, or should we file a claim?
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More news ... Viruses are Vista Ready[^] Shock and awe I tell ya'
'There has been much speculation about whether Vista would render existing malware extinct, and the news is now in - it won't,' said Carole Theriault, senior security consultant at Sophos. Really? Speculated by who...complete idiots? So long as there are electrons running acrossed silicon, there will be viruses and malware, no matter what the O/S is or it's capabilities.
Dave Kreskowiak Microsoft MVP - Visual Basic
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'There has been much speculation about whether Vista would render existing malware extinct, and the news is now in - it won't,' said Carole Theriault, senior security consultant at Sophos. Really? Speculated by who...complete idiots? So long as there are electrons running acrossed silicon, there will be viruses and malware, no matter what the O/S is or it's capabilities.
Dave Kreskowiak Microsoft MVP - Visual Basic
Dave Kreskowiak wrote:
Really? Speculated by who...complete idiots? So long as there are electrons running acrossed silicon, there will be viruses and malware, no matter what the O/S is or it's capabilities.
I've been saying that here for ages. But folks still believe only MS operating systems are Virus capable. Mac is Virus proof, and Linux is simply 100 times more difficult. Personally, it is not the OS, but the popularity. You can tell the popularity of the OS by the number of viruses it has. You will not find a single VxWorks virus, because it just isn't popular enough to warrent any effort. I haven't seen any FreeDOS viruses, not because it is "more secure" or "impossible to infect" it is because no one cares about it. :)
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Douglas Troy wrote:
Viruses are Vista Ready
Does Microsoft's WGA certify my viruses? I'd personally like to know that I'm running authenticated, genuine, viruses, thank you very much! Marc
People are just notoriously impossible. --DavidCrow
There's NO excuse for not commenting your code. -- John Simmons / outlaw programmer
People who say that they will refactor their code later to make it "good" don't understand refactoring, nor the art and craft of programming. -- Josh SmithYou need to activate Vista before your viruses will run. WGA is only there to ensure you have a legit copy of Vista before trying to download updates of your viruses.
cheers, Chris Maunder
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'There has been much speculation about whether Vista would render existing malware extinct, and the news is now in - it won't,' said Carole Theriault, senior security consultant at Sophos. Really? Speculated by who...complete idiots? So long as there are electrons running acrossed silicon, there will be viruses and malware, no matter what the O/S is or it's capabilities.
Dave Kreskowiak Microsoft MVP - Visual Basic
What I read into that speculation is whether Vista is different enough so that malware companies will have to recompile their apps / change bits of code. Not whether it will be possible at all to make new malware. Like, switching from MacOS 9 to MacOS X as opposed to switching from MacOS 8 to 8.1. Note the 'existing' in 'existing malware'.
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What I read into that speculation is whether Vista is different enough so that malware companies will have to recompile their apps / change bits of code. Not whether it will be possible at all to make new malware. Like, switching from MacOS 9 to MacOS X as opposed to switching from MacOS 8 to 8.1. Note the 'existing' in 'existing malware'.
After being in this industry for 21 years, I've seen that the only experts who are worth anything are the ones who don't speculate. The good ones are those who take the attitude of "We'll believe it when we see it!".
Dave Kreskowiak Microsoft MVP - Visual Basic
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After being in this industry for 21 years, I've seen that the only experts who are worth anything are the ones who don't speculate. The good ones are those who take the attitude of "We'll believe it when we see it!".
Dave Kreskowiak Microsoft MVP - Visual Basic
Oh, I don't disagree that they're complete idiots :D Anyone with half a brain would realize that it's just an "upgrade" and backwards compatibility will make sure some of the old malware keeps working. The rest will work as long as you turn Compatibility Mode on ;) I was just commenting on your remark about "as long as they're computers, they'll have viruses/etc", because their speculation would have been valid had it been a "new" OS. (say Microsoft was crazy and the new Vista was based in, I dunno, AmigaOS, my old spyware is effectively "obsolete"). Their stupidity lies in not realizing it wasn't, it's just the same old with some new whistles. Or maybe they're even more stupid because they thought some magical wonderful new feature would destroy all existing malware. Then again, their job is to speculate, as useless as it may be. I'm still waiting for my flying car and robot butler. Don't know if all that makes sense. I'm just bored at work right now. :|