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Vista SideBar and gadgets the new frontier for malware
Saturday, March 10th, 2007
While security features in Windows Vista will make it harder for malware coders to develop worms 
that target operating system vulnerabilities, Symantec is tipping that malware coders will turn their attention to other vulnerabilities, like Vista’s new Windows SideBar and gadgets. “(Worms that target core operating system vulnerabilities were) largely responsible for the majority of high-profile outbreaks in the early part of this century,” says Symantec in a recent report.
“We expect that worms will continue to thrive; however, their method of propagation will change. This trend has already been observed since the release of Windows XP SP2 and is expected to continue,” VISTA.BLORGE.com » Blog Archive » Vista SideBar and gadgets the new frontier for malware
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