Microsoft's next generation of Windows, Vista, has been picked apart by Symantec, makers of PC anti-virus and security software, and their basic conclusion? Windows Vista could be less secure than Windows XP.
Anyone else feeling a little nervous?
Granted, they tested an old beta version of the system, but said that because Microsoft had written large portions of fresh code instead of taking 'tried and tested' code from XP, that Vista was more likely to be vulnerable to malicious attacks.
Microsoft refuted the claims, rightly saying that testing vulnerabilities in a beta version of a product are premature, and that the claims are unsubstantiated. According to Microsoft, Vista will be the first Windows OS to go through the company's complete Security Development Lifecycle.
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