> Their argument was that Vista is strong enough to > protect against ALL future virus attacks, and therefore > antivirus software is redundant and unnecessary.
My argument is that preventing a user from running applications is a more secure approach than letting users run applications, but checking those applications' safety at runtime against an existing list of known bad applications. Therefore, if I were to choose a single mechanism for securing desktops, it would be the former rather than the latter. To the extent that Vista makes this easier, I'm all for it, but the concept of least privileges is not a new thing, you know. Windows historically has had a very strong security model; unfortunately, very few people actually use it! I suspect that the vast majority of Windows users right here on this list fall into this category. If you're running as an Administrator, and you have antivirus software installed, that's you. I submit that this is far more dangerous than running as a restricted user without antivirus software. It's easier, I think, so I understand why people do this. But relying on antivirus software for computer safety is a big mistake. Of course, you can do both. But antivirus software introduces its own problems. Here's Eugene Kaspersky's take on those problems: http://www.viruslist.com/en/analysis?pubid=174405517 You might recognize his name; he's the director of Kaspersky Labs, a well-known AV vendor (http://www.kaspersky.com/). I would assume he's biased in favor of antivirus software, but the article is a good read. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers in Washington DC, Atlanta, Chicago, Baltimore, Northern Virginia, or on-site at your location. Visit http://training.figleaf.com/ for more information! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:262243 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
