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Gareth · 03-10-2006, 15:43

But it is going to happen... MS have confirmed that PatchGuard will be implemented in Vista to protect the kernel. Unless the EU step in and prevent it - which I hope doesn't happen, as it's not really necessary - then Vista will ship with PatchGuard enabled by default. The only reason I could imagine the EU intervening would be if MS blocked access to all AV vendors but allowed their AV product to access the kernel - then there'd be cause for concern and a case for the EU to act accordingly.

As for the 97% figure quoted by McAfee's CEO in yesterday's FT, well that's the supposed amount running a flavour of Windows at the moment, and as XP gets sunsetted, it'll only be a matter of time before all those users have upgraded to Vista. Not sure what the %age of Win98 users compared to XP users is, but I don't know anyone still running 98 any more.

03-10-2006, 15:43	#10
Gareth cf.mega poster Join Date: Dec 2003 Age: 50 Posts: 7,101	Re: Vista and Security But it is going to happen... MS have confirmed that PatchGuard will be implemented in Vista to protect the kernel. Unless the EU step in and prevent it - which I hope doesn't happen, as it's not really necessary - then Vista will ship with PatchGuard enabled by default. The only reason I could imagine the EU intervening would be if MS blocked access to all AV vendors but allowed their AV product to access the kernel - then there'd be cause for concern and a case for the EU to act accordingly. As for the 97% figure quoted by McAfee's CEO in yesterday's FT, well that's the supposed amount running a flavour of Windows at the moment, and as XP gets sunsetted, it'll only be a matter of time before all those users have upgraded to Vista. Not sure what the %age of Win98 users compared to XP users is, but I don't know anyone still running 98 any more.