Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 22nd Jan 2007 23:10 UTC, submitted by Governa
Windows Malware writers appear to be much further along in developing malware for Vista than the security industry is in making products to protect the new operating system. Speaking exclusively to IT PRO, Tim Eades, senior vice-president of sales at security company Sana Security said that 38 per cent of malware is already Vista-compatible. "Malware writers have gone through the WHQL list to make sure that their code works on new machines," he said. "They have managed to port code to Vista quicker than the security industry."
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RE: I think the bigger question...
by acobar on Tue 23rd Jan 2007 01:17 UTC in reply to "I think the bigger question..."
acobar
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2005-11-15

May I be wrong but I remember about the big security companies (Macfee, Symantec, ...) complaining about MS refuse to publish all the specs needed, or be late on that, so that they could adapt their products.

So, please, put this bill on MS account.

Also, remember that is easier to adapt little programs to a new system than huge and complex ones, like Symantec and Mcafee suites (which I don't use anyway).

Edited 2007-01-23 01:34

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