Re: Vista Vulnerable to Malware from 2004

["John LaCour" <johnlacour () gmail com>]

Symantec has a post on their blog about similar research.

They test 2000 malware samples on Vista and about 70% of them
run fine.

http://www.symantec.com/enterprise/security_response/weblog/2006/12/hit_or_miss_vista_and_current.html



On 11/30/06, Fergie <fergdawg () netzero net> wrote:
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> Via ZDnet UK.
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> [snip]
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> 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.
>
> 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.
>
> [snip]
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> More:
> http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/security/soa/Vista_vulnerable_to_malware_from_
> 2004/0,130061744,339272506,00.htm
>
> - - ferg
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