Microsoft co-president Jim Allchin is confident enough in the security of their new operating system, Windows Vista, that he says it may not even require antivirus in certain situations. Vista features many new security features, including an improved firewall, an all-in-one security suite (Windows Defender), and other features such as Kernel PatchGuard.
Allchin talked about two new security components which give parents control over what their children can and cannot do on the OS. Parental Controls allows parents to monitor/manage their child’s privileges, which include web restrictions, time limits, blocking games, blocking specific programs, and activity reports.
The second feature is Address Space [Layout] Randomization. It helps to fend off malicious attacks by rendering system kernel object code in memory.
Allchin says he is happy with the current security level of Vista. He said: "Windows Vista is something that will have issues in security, because the bar is being raised over time. But in my opinion, it is the most secure system that’s available, and it’s certainly the most secure system that we’ve shipped.
Microsoft co-president Jim Allchin is confident enough in the security of their new operating system, Windows Vista, that he says it may not even require antivirus
He does have that option on his own computer as long as he allows me my choices on mine. ;D
Yes I do agree that his beliefs do not seem realistic I will too keep avast
I guess that Mr.Allchin won’t be buying Avast ;D
Nice picture drhayden1 (do you mind if I put it as my personal picture for the forum ?
Thanks
think i’ll stick with avast! :o
In performance tests conducted by AV-Test.org, OneCare displayed some weaknesses. First, it failed to detect 14 out of 1690 file viruses on the WildList, a published list of common malware; since these viruses are publicly known, you should expect your security software to score 100 percent here. Also, among the ten security suites we looked at, OneCare received the worst score in our heuristics tests, which suggests that the program has a hard time detecting malware that it can’t recognize through signature files. That said, Windows Defender is meant to be able to block an unknown piece of malware solely based on the way the file interacts with the PC. We did not test this capability, and AV-Test has no data on it.
even though the one tested is the windows xp one…not the vista one :
If he is so confident that Vista won’t/may not need an anti-virus, why are MS spending buckets of money developing one-care.
However his comment contains an important condition and that is “it may not even require antivirus in certain situations.”
Microsoft co-president Jim Allchin is confident enough in the security of their new operating system, Windows Vista, that he says it may not even require antivirus in certain situations.
Ever since Microsoft Vista chief Jim Allchin talked about his son not using anti-virus in a recent teleconference with journalists, the world has been abuzz with claims Vista won’t need AV software. Now Jim Allchin has clarified his statements on the
The speed with which news stories appeared on tech sites around the world claiming that Jim Allchin said words to the effect that his seven year old son didn’t need anti-virus on his computer has shocked the Vista chief.
To counter the endless news stories, his official Vista blog carries a clarifying statement about what he actually said. To paraphrase, he explained that his son was able to use Vista without AV protection because it was locked down with parental controls, meaning no instant messaging, email or other common vectors of attack, and this coupled with Vista improved security model meant that it was possible to run without AV in this kind of heavily locked down situation.
Jim then said that most users will need to run anti-virus software for all the usual reasons.
+++ here’s Jim’s post in full+++
Wow, you describe a specific situation and suddenly people extrapolate something completely different! During a recent discussion with journalists about the release to manufacturing for Windows Vista, I made a comment about how attacks on the Internet are getting more and more sophisticated, and some of the security features in Windows Vista really help our customers.
This somehow morphed into people thinking I said customers shouldn’t use antivirus software with Windows Vista. When the articles and blogs started appearing, I asked the PR folks to send me a copy of the transcript of the call so I could read it over and see if I said something I didn’t mean.
After reading the transcript, I could certainly see that what I said wasn’t as clear as it could have been, and I’m sorry for that. However, it is also clear from the transcript that I didn’t say that users shouldn’t run antivirus software with Windows Vista!
In fact, later in the call, I explicitly made this point again, because I had realized I wasn’t as clear as I should have been. It’s important for me that our customers are using the appropriate security solutions for the right situations, whether that’s security functionality integrated in the operating systems, or add-on products.
To counter the endless news stories, his official Vista blog carries a clarifying statement about what he actually said.
[b]The speed with which news stories appeared on tech sites around the world[/b] claiming that Jim Allchin said words to the effect that his seven year old son didn’t need anti-virus on his computer [b]has shocked the Vista chief[/b].
I’m shocked that the Microsoft co-president Jim Allchin who has an official blog doesn’t understand how fast the internet media works or that currently the media are hanging on his and anyone from Microsoft’s word about Vista.
