Thursday, May 31, 2007

Review: Vista, XP Users Equally At Peril To Viruses, Exploits - Software - IT Channel News by CRN and VARBusiness

Review: Vista, XP Users Equally At Peril To Viruses, Exploits - Software - IT Channel News by CRN and VARBusiness

Well here's a big surprise. It turns out that Microsoft's newest and "most secure" version of Windows, Vista, is just as vulnerable. Don't throw away that virus software just yet.

"After a week of extensive testing, the CRN Test Center found that users of Windows Vista and Windows XP are equally at risk to viruses and exploits and that overall Vista brings only marginal security advantages over XP."

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