Re:Microsoft's new Anti-Virus, 'Morro', revealed
by jodrellblank on Tuesday June 16, 2009 @10:20PM
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Why do you believe it?
Windows has a firewall, you're no longer an administrator by default as part of other changes from UAC, between XP and Vista, Microsoft put a lot more internal focus on security, Windows Update pushes itself on you, system file protection and validation stops key files being overwritten, IE8 has a phishing filter, popup blocker, more strict security settings, more process isolation/sandbox features. Outlook has unsafe attachment blocks.
Yes a full internet security suite will have some more benefits, but the main problems are still dodgy downloads and email attachments. If you know enough to stay away from those then the benefits of a full Norton/McAfee suite over Windows Firewall and Morro wont be enormous, I suspect.
Windows has a firewall, you're no longer an administrator by default as part of other changes from UAC, between XP and Vista, Microsoft put a lot more internal focus on security, Windows Update pushes itself on you, system file protection and validation stops key files being overwritten, IE8 has a phishing filter, popup blocker, more strict security settings, more process isolation/sandbox features. Outlook has unsafe attachment blocks.
Yes a full internet security suite will have some more benefits, but the main problems are still dodgy downloads and email attachments. If you know enough to stay away from those then the benefits of a full Norton/McAfee suite over Windows Firewall and Morro wont be enormous, I suspect.