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Symantec: Vista Blocks Almost All Malware, for Now
Saturday, March 3rd, 2007
On Wednesday, Symantec Security Response released several white papers on security in Windows 
Vista, concluding that the operating system isn’t secure, just more secure. The paper also noted that the 64-bit version of Vista adds an additional security feature. The main paper, titled "Microsoft Windows Vista and Security," is a bit long but eminently readable; the supporting papers are for technologists only. In short, Symantec’s researchers concluded that Vista isn’t a secure operating system – just more secure than previous versions.
While many existing malware threats can’t install under Vista, Symantec anticipates malware authors will quickly adapt. The paper identifies three main areas for examination. "Generic exploit mitigation" includes Data Execution Prevention (introduced in Windows XP) along with other less well-known technologies. Symantec: Vista Blocks Almost All Malware, for Now - News and Analysis by PC Magazine
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