Vista security fails tests

Post by **117** » Mon Feb 05, 2007 4:01 pm

Security tools that work with Windows Vista have failed tests to see if they can detect viruses circulating online.

Microsoft's Windows Live OneCare security tool was one of four products that failed independent tests carried out by the Virus Bulletin.

The security testing group found that Live OneCare missed far more active viruses than any other program tested.

To pass the tests anti-virus tools must spot and stop 100% of the malicious programs used to attack them.

Other anti-virus products that failed the tests included G-Data AntiVirusKit, McAfee VirusScan Enterprise 8.51 and Norman Virus Control 5.90.

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Post by **117** » Mon Feb 05, 2007 4:02 pm

I stopped using the Vista beta ages ago because of the very fact that OneCare Live wasn't picking up viruses which NOD32 was

Post by **fac51** » Mon Feb 05, 2007 5:06 pm

Run NOD32 over your Vista partition and try not to get viruses

Post by **117** » Mon Feb 05, 2007 6:37 pm

iirc NOD32 could detect but not deal with the viruses as Vista had the files locked down

Post by **117** » Mon Feb 05, 2007 7:04 pm

besides, it seems I can't use it now anyway as my activation period has expired - format partition and fixmbr coming up

Post by **117** » Mon Feb 05, 2007 7:15 pm

hmmm, fixmbr done, it got rid of GRUB for ubuntu but left the Vista bootloader - anyone know how to get rid?

edit: nvm, i forgot to do fixboot after fixmbr, sorted now

Post by **fac51** » Mon Feb 05, 2007 7:35 pm

good stuff