Study: Vista most secure OS ever released.

[OptimalOptimus]

it seems to me, it's all about who puts the most money into the product. And of course who has the most money... Microsoft.

 

[treanir]

The analysis of the security vulnerabilities of the several OSs was carried out by the Microsoft Corporation itself. http://blogs.csoonline.com/windows_vista_90_day_vulnerability_report

And here endeth credibility of said analysis.

 

[trawler69]

And to think of all those companies like Sophos and Symantec etc. who make so much money out of that security and all those re-installs attributed to it.

 

[_AJ_]

Microsoft has announced the results of a comprehensive analysis of the security vulnerabilities of Vista, recorded over the first 90 days since Vista's release to businesses in November 2006. The investigation has found Vista to be the most secure Operating System ever released to the general public. Vista has shown only 5 security vulnerabilities in its first 90 days of use, only one of which was regarded as "serious" by the study authors. This compares with 17 vulnerabilities for the first 90 days after the release of Windows XP, 8 of which were considered "serious".

Vista easily surpassed OS X's legendary security. OS X showed 20 vulnerabilities in the first 90 days after its release, 8 of which were considered "serious". The most insecure OS available today appears to be Linux, according to the study. Ubuntu 6.06 showed a whopping 71 vulnerabilities in the first 90 days after its release, 27 of which were regarded as "serious" by the investigators.

The analysis of the security vulnerabilities of the several OSs was carried out by the Microsoft Corporation itself. Scoring of the severity of the security vulnerabilities was made by Jeff Jones, Microsoft's Director of Security for the Trustworthy Computing Alliance. Jones supervised the study to rigorous statistical standards, and reassures us that the fact that he is a security director for Microsoft did not in any way affect his interpretation of the results, or his presentation of the data. Extensive data from the same study also revealed the unexpected finding that the much-maligned Windows XP is, in fact, the second most secure operating system ever written! XP finished a close second place behind Vista, and well ahead of the security disasters of OS X and Linux.

Microsoft has clearly been well pleased that the results of their study just happen to be overwhelmingly complimentary of Microsoft itself. The study results were announced at a major press conference at MS's headquarters in Redmond, WA last week. Microsoft has also been aggressively targeting news organizations around the world with their surprising (even almost unbelievable!) data.


A pdf of the study can be obtained here: http://www.csoonline.com/pdf/Vista_Vuln_Report.pdf

http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=135

http://blogs.csoonline.com/user/jeff_jones

http://blogs.csoonline.com/windows_vista_90_day_vulnerability_report

i see the troll is out fishing today

catch anything

no offense mate but this is becoming a bore

 

[FabFairy]

Windows XP is, in fact, the second most secure[/B] operating system ever written! XP finished a close second place behind Vista, and well ahead of the security disasters of OS X and Linux.

Microsoft has clearly been well pleased that the results of their study just happen to be overwhelmingly complimentary of Microsoft itself. The study results were announced at a major press conference at MS's headquarters in Redmond, WA last week. Microsoft has also been aggressively targeting news organizations around the world with their surprising (even almost unbelievable!) data.

What a load of crap but then Microsuck are reading page 967 from the Baffle Them With Bullshit Manual. No credibility what so ever

 

[_AJ_]

^ Don't attack the messenger. I offer you Microsoft's own research, without comment.

No you want to start a flame war

why else would you post it


at the end of the day its all about PR and spin for microsoft apple and even linux they all say there the best most secure ect.

all i can say is i have had minimal problems with vista and no viruses

 

[WYSIWYG]

And M$ claims to have sold 20 million copies of Vista in a month!! They have not made the EU happy either!! More fines are on the way!

 

[provenlogic]

The analysis of the security vulnerabilities of the several OSs was carried out by the Microsoft Corporation itself.

And here endeth credibility of said analysis.

Agreed.......

 

[Corny]

rofl
let me guess windows bugs are only severe when there is an existing exploit for them and linux bugs are ALL bugs from any program included in a whole distro of about 4 dvds or more

 

[_AJ_]

I despise flame wars. I care little what OS people prefer, but I care a lot about honesty.

I post this because I think it says a lot about Microsoft, who is running that company, and what you can expect from them.

I have only reposted what Microsoft is already posting all over the internet. I offer no comments. Draw your own conclusions.

Sorry

i have been getting a bit frustrated with this forum in particular where i can not discuss a topic without it dissolving into a fucking flame war

as for the article these figures are impossible to match up with each other because eash company will use a different threat matrix to determine threats so the only data which is statistically useful would be the XP and Vista data by themselves linux data to previous versions and Apple data compared to mac os9

so from this we can say Vista is about 8 times more secure than XP by when it released

linux is going to have more bugs found due to it being open source but also more fixes

and apple probably is due to different reporting of bugs and fixes

at the end of the day the problem isnt the number of bugs in the first 90 days it is the total number of bugs exploited before they are fixed and apple and linux are better than microsoft in general about fixing these problems before someone can exploit it

in osx latest update there were security updates which do just this in my last windows update it was the same and i am sure linix distros do the same

every OS can be expoited it is up to the maker of the OS to make sure it is not

 

[tHaTeViLmOnKeY]

Can't be the most secure. Got a virus the system itself AND my virus software wouldn't detect after three days. Probably my fault, but since I have Windows Vista Ultimate, you'd think it'd be just a bit more secure.

 

[_AJ_]

Can't be the most secure. Got a virus the system itself AND my virus software wouldn't detect after three days. Probably my fault, but since I have Windows Vista Ultimate, you'd think it'd be just a bit more secure.

let me guess you have uac turned off

 

[tHaTeViLmOnKeY]

let me guess you have uac turned off

No because I don't mind approving things my computer wants to do, especially after having gotten that virus (when it was turned on then too).

Not trying to knock Vista, I actually enjoy it. I just don't enjoy those cocky claims from M$ because I know better.

 

[_AJ_]

No because I don't mind approving things my computer wants to do, especially after having gotten that virus (when it was turned on then too).

Not trying to knock Vista, I actually enjoy it. I just don't enjoy those cocky claims from M$ because I know better.

ok cool it just seemed like everyone with vista on this forum had turned it off

how did you get the virus though?

 

[Charmander]

Good job Microsoft!

 

[tHaTeViLmOnKeY]

ok cool it just seemed like everyone with vista on this forum had turned it off

how did you get the virus though?

Searching for a key for my M$ Office 2007, which for as much as I paid for this computer, really should have been free. Like I said, it was my fault, but the fact that the computer couldn't find it on either M$ or my anti virus softwares end means Vista is anything but impenetrable.

 

[tHaTeViLmOnKeY]

^^ Problem is that once a certain type of virus is on board it usually has the ability to hide itself. Some of them actually infect the anti-v software as well so they'll never be found. And to blame Vista when a 3rd party app can't find it is really unfair.

I understand that, which is why I said I knew it was my fault. I'm not blaming Vista, as I actually like the system. I'm pointing out that it's not the holy grail M$ wants people to think it is as it's still very much suseptible to some easily begotten viruses.

 

[cozmik]

I have said it before (though maybe not here) and I'll say it again. I've had Windows, Mac, Linux, and BSD. Somehow, I've never had any viruses or spyware. Not with XP, not with Vista, not with Win2K, not with Windows 98, not with SuSE, not with OS 9, not with OSX, not with OS 8. Never. The only people who are getting viruses are twats who don't think before they click. "Hey, it says if I download this software, they'll give me a free TV!" "Hey, someone I have never heard of sent me an email with an attachment. I should open it!" "Hey, look at all this porn, it's an application, but it's porn!" Dumb dick, no, it's not, it's a virus, or spyware. You don't get TVs for free. People you don't know don't just send you emails cause they want to be nice. And no, there is no porn generating application. Especially not one that is all of 100 kb. It's a virus, or spyware, or some other form of malware. For the dee dee dees who can't seem to understand this, a Mac is perfect for them, simply because they're so incompatible application wise. They will have less problems, simply because less software if written for them because they make up such a small portion of the market.

Now, I'm not saying all Mac users are stupid, but if you're getting a Mac because you keep getting spyware on your PC, you need to rethink how you use your computer. A computer is a tool. If you use this tool, incorrectly, things go wrong. It's like any other tool.

 

[mike_n_herrin]

i'm sorry but i disagree with that totally. 1 person being "dumb" could get a virus that then spreads to everyone else on the network that did absolutely nothing "dumb" themselves to get it. also a known person could email you a perfectly ligit file that is infected and you could get it that way.

several computers at work (actually all of them on the network" got that virus that shut your computer off after a few seconds. we never did figure out where it originated within the our network, but we didn't all get the virus by being "dumb." i work for the fed gov and i absolutely didn't do anything to get it on my own, unless a file i downloaded from someone i knew for work related purposes was infect already.

 

[cozmik]

No matter what, someone who didn't know what they were doing started the whole chain of events in your scenario.