Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 30th Jan 2006 18:33 UTC
Microsoft will omit anti-virus protection in Vista, the next version of Windows, which it plans to ship late this year. As with previous versions of Windows dating back to Windows 2000 at least, Redmond is promoting Vista as a landmark improvement in Windows security. Jim Allchin, co-president of Microsoft's platform products and services division, told reseller magazine CRN that safety and security, improved user experience, and mobility features will be key additions in Vista. But there will be no anti-virus software, the Windows development supremo said during a questions and answers session with CRN. For unspecified business (not technical) reasons, Microsoft will sell anti-virus protection to consumers through its OneCare online backup and security service.
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2005-11-11
"He wouldn't be able to open the CD drive on a Windows box unless he first got your daughter to run some code. In a normal setup, this would never work. "
He was able to open the CD drive of all people on Windows Systems (running Messenger) without first getting them to run any (other) code.
He was not able to do this to my daughter as she was running gaim under Linux rather than Messenger under Windows.