Kaspersky rips Windows Vista UAC

ZDNet.co.uk
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/security/0,...39286362,00.htm

Security company Kaspersky claims that Vista's User Account Control
(UAC) http://snipurl.com/kaspersky_rips , the system of user privileges
that can be used to restrict users' administrative rights, will be so
annoying that users will disable it.

Speaking to ZDNet UK at the CeBIT 2007 show in Hanover Germany, Natalya
Kaspersky http://snipurl.com/natalya , the company's chief executive,
said, "Windows Vista with UAC disabled will be less secure than XP SP2.
There's a question mark if Vista security has improved, or has really
dropped down."

Kaspersky provides one of the scanning engines in ForeFront,
Microsoft's business security product.

Arno Edelmann, business security product manager for Microsoft, said
that Kaspersky's claims were surprising. "We have a thriving community
of partners, and Kasperky is one of our best partners," Edelmann told
ZDNet UK. "I find their statements a little strange because they have
one of the best insights into Microsoft security products."

Kaspersky also added her voice to Symantec and McAfee complaints that
PatchGuard, designed to protect the Vista kernel, is hindering security
companies' work.

"PatchGuard doesn't allow legitimate security vendors to do what we
used to do," said Kaspersky.

Symantec has claimed that PatchGuard is hurting security vendors more
than it was hurting malware writers. Bruce McCorkendale, a chief
engineer at Symantec, said: "There are types of security policies and
next-generation security products that can only work through some of
the mechanisms that PatchGuard prohibits."

Eugene Kaspersky, the company founder, said on Thursday that while
vendors had to interact with Vista legitimately, hackers were under no
such constraints.

"Cybercriminals seem not to care about Vista licensing," said Eugene
Kaspersky. "They don't need to follow regulations or be certified by
Microsoft — antivirus vendors do."

On Thu, 22 Mar 2007 16:04:41 +0100, George Orwell wrote:
>
> Security company Kaspersky claims that Vista's User Account Control
> (UAC) http://snipurl.com/kaspersky_rips , the system of user privileges
> that can be used to restrict users' administrative rights, will be so
> annoying that users will disable it.

Yep, I can believe that.

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On Thu, 22 Mar 2007 16:04:41 +0100 (CET), George Orwell
<Use-Author-Supplied-Address-Header@[127.1]> wrote:

>ZDNet.co.uk
>http://news.zdnet.co.uk/security/0,...39286362,00.htm
>
>Security company Kaspersky claims that Vista's User Account Control
>(UAC) http://snipurl.com/kaspersky_rips , the system of user privileges
>that can be used to restrict users' administrative rights, will be so
>annoying that users will disable it.
>
>Speaking to ZDNet UK at the CeBIT 2007 show in Hanover Germany, Natalya
>Kaspersky http://snipurl.com/natalya , the company's chief executive,
>said, "Windows Vista with UAC disabled will be less secure than XP SP2.
>There's a question mark if Vista security has improved, or has really
>dropped down."
>
>Kaspersky provides one of the scanning engines in ForeFront,
>Microsoft's business security product.
>
>Arno Edelmann, business security product manager for Microsoft, said
>that Kaspersky's claims were surprising. "We have a thriving community
>of partners, and Kasperky is one of our best partners," Edelmann told
>ZDNet UK. "I find their statements a little strange because they have
>one of the best insights into Microsoft security products."

D'oh! Arno doesn't seem to be too bright. Of course Kaspersky has one of
the best insights into Microsoft security products, and they just gave
honest facts about Vista. Perhaps it's the "honest" part of it that has M$
whores stumped.

>Kaspersky also added her voice to Symantec and McAfee complaints that
>PatchGuard, designed to protect the Vista kernel, is hindering security
>companies' work.
>
>"PatchGuard doesn't allow legitimate security vendors to do what we
>used to do," said Kaspersky.
>
>Symantec has claimed that PatchGuard is hurting security vendors more
>than it was hurting malware writers. Bruce McCorkendale, a chief
>engineer at Symantec, said: "There are types of security policies and
>next-generation security products that can only work through some of
>the mechanisms that PatchGuard prohibits."
>
>Eugene Kaspersky, the company founder, said on Thursday that while
>vendors had to interact with Vista legitimately, hackers were under no
>such constraints.
>
>"Cybercriminals seem not to care about Vista licensing," said Eugene
>Kaspersky. "They don't need to follow regulations or be certified by
>Microsoft — antivirus vendors do."

Microsoft has purposefully made it difficult for third-party security
vendors to interface with Vista because M$ want's people to buy security
products from M$.

On Thu, 22 Mar 2007 16:04:41 +0100, George Orwell wrote:

> ZDNet.co.uk
> http://news.zdnet.co.uk/security/0,...39286362,00.htm
>
> Security company Kaspersky claims that Vista's User Account Control
> (UAC) http://snipurl.com/kaspersky_rips , the system of user privileges
> that can be used to restrict users' administrative rights, will be so
> annoying that users will disable it.

Well **** yes many already disable it.
--
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COOSN-266-06-25794

On Thu, 22 Mar 2007 16:04:41 +0100 (CET)
George Orwell <Use-Author-Supplied-Address-Header@[127.1]> wrote:

> Security company Kaspersky claims that Vista's User Account Control
> (UAC) http://snipurl.com/kaspersky_rips , the system of user privileges
> that can be used to restrict users' administrative rights, will be so
> annoying that users will disable it.

Where was he when XP came out? XP was already so annoying that every
user always runs as administrator. How could they make Vista more
annoying? :-).

"Tom Horsley" <tom.horsley@att.net> wrote in message
news:20070322205939.71eac67d@zooty...
> On Thu, 22 Mar 2007 16:04:41 +0100 (CET)
> George Orwell <Use-Author-Supplied-Address-Header@[127.1]> wrote:
>
>> Security company Kaspersky claims that Vista's User Account Control
>> (UAC) http://snipurl.com/kaspersky_rips , the system of user privileges
>> that can be used to restrict users' administrative rights, will be so
>> annoying that users will disable it.
>
> Where was he when XP came out? XP was already so annoying that every
> user always runs as administrator. How could they make Vista more
> annoying? :-).

They are dedicated to their work.

cmsix

Tom Horsley <tom.horsley@att.net> wrote in
news:20070322205939.71eac67d@zooty:

> On Thu, 22 Mar 2007 16:04:41 +0100 (CET)
> George Orwell <Use-Author-Supplied-Address-Header@[127.1]> wrote:
>
>> Security company Kaspersky claims that Vista's User Account Control
>> (UAC) http://snipurl.com/kaspersky_rips , the system of user privileges
>> that can be used to restrict users' administrative rights, will be so
>> annoying that users will disable it.
>
> Where was he when XP came out? XP was already so annoying that every
> user always runs as administrator. How could they make Vista more
> annoying? :-).
>

Something would like to open control panel. Allow or Deny?


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