Yeah, but some of the best hackers couldn't get through. Only 1 did, which is amazing taking the history of Windows. The 1 that got through even gave great praise for the new system. If I can find the email/post, I will post it here. I just have no idea where it came from.
Windows, OS X, etc are all open to viruses and hackers. It is all about the person using the system and what they allow. (to simplify what Dave has stated a couple times) On 11/28/06, Munson, Jacob <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > They actually let hackers take a shot at Vista this summer > > and rave reviews > > came out of it. I think 1 person was able to trick UAC but this was > > in...hrmmm...I think Beta 2. That hole was covered in the next major > > release. > > See, this is exactly what I'm talking about. I have no doubt that Vista > will be more secure than XP, merely because of the non-admin user thing. > But there /will/ be holes that allow hackers to bypass the UAC stuff. > Mark my words. Will antivirus programs solve this? They could, but > like Dave pointed out you still have to have updated virus definitions > (which should be automated anyway). > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > This transmission may contain information that is privileged, confidential > and/or exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the > intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, > distribution, or use of the information contained herein (including any > reliance thereon) is STRICTLY PROHIBITED. If you received this transmission > in error, please immediately contact the sender and destroy the material in > its entirety, whether in electronic or hard copy format. Thank you. > > > ============================================================================== > "EMF <idahopower.com>" made the previous annotations. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:261951 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
