Microsoft’s Windows Vista vulnerable to malware from 2004

MacDailyNews ^ | November 30, 2006

[Gomez]

"Microsoft's Vista may be vulnerable to at least three pieces of widespread malware, two of which date back to 2004 , according to security vendor Sophos," Tom Espiner reports for ZDNet UK. "At least three well-known Internet worms -- labelled Stratio-Zip, Netsky-D and MyDoom-O by Sophos -- are able to execute on the OS, according Sophos."

"These worms comprise 39.7 percent of all malware currently in circulation, according to the security vendor. The MyDoom and Netsky variants were first detected back in 2004," Espiner reports.

Espiner reports, "These are among the first flaws found in the finalised version of Vista. The Vista kernel was hacked by a Polish security researcher at the Black Hat security conference this year, using virtualisation technologies. Security company Symantec also reported flaws in the Vista kernel in August."

[ikka]

Vista = the gang that couldn't shoot straight.

[Terpfen]

Yep, already starting.

If anyone plans on upgrading to Vista, wait for SP1 at the least.

[Echo Talon]

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