Do any of you really feel that Vista is secure?




Thanks,
Jackie

There are no absolutes with security. No can say with any surety that any
software is secure. I believe Vista is more secure than XP. That's about all
I'd go so far as to say I believe so far. I think it will prove to be as
secure as Linux and OS X but I don't know enough about security and all
three OS' to say I believe the statement to be true. Only time will prove if
I am right about any of the statements.

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Yes.  (I assume you mean more secure than XP)

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How secure is "secure"


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Before anyone can answer your question, how do you define secure?
Also realize nothing is totally secure and nothing ever can be.
A close exception may be the computer sealed in the original shipping box,
never powered up and in a secure room such as a vault.

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troll bait


Jackie Conner wrote:
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Nothing is really secure at all any system can be comprimised , security is
really only to keep the honest people out if someone really wants to break
into your system they will, provided they know what their doing and have a
good knowledge of networking and security protocols.

Having said this, these days with all the advancements in security
technology, The number of people that are capable of breaking into systems
is getting smaller
I'd say Vista would be more secure than Xp but I only make this assumption
because Vista is more advanced than Xp.

Given time it may well come to light that Vista could have several
vulnerabilities we don't know of yet.

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I like it and I think it is the most secure OS for home users to date.  With
RC2, I had accounts on my PC for myself, my wife, each of my children, and
each of my grandchildren.  That's because UAC makes it very much less likely
that a less experienced user will accidentally install a program with
spyware or adware - other than WMP 11, for which there was no option to not
install.  Because of UAC, Vista is the first OS ever where anyone in the
family was allowed to use Grandpa's computer at will.

Dale

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It's very secure, at least given my habits.  I browse the web and play games
and I'm spyware free and nobody hacked me yet!  ;)

It is as secure as an Abrams Tank.

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Now, this is amazing!  It should say something that this thread has run 24
hours and not a single negative viewpoint.  Considering that newsgroups are
generally visited by more technically knowledgeable users, I'd say that is a
very good statement about Vista's security.

Dale

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Dale wrote:
This is just indication of coming Christmas - no one wants to say
anything bad. ;-)

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to everybody!

Vista is as secure as the habits of the person using it....
and that goes for all OS's...

however, Microsoft has put serious effort into Vista, making it more secure
than XP !

Now that there are not bad comments on this thread is because Vista is not
(yet) adapted by the masses (I think)



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IMHO, Vista is more secure than Windows XP and earlier versions of Windows.
I'm probably going to inflame someone here, but it is probably just as
secure as the current version of the Mac OS and most flavors of Linux.  It
just has more people targeting it for vulernabilities.   Time (and lots of
people chipping away at it) will tell if it is more secure.

Some of the biggest gains seem to be from the perspective of the end user.
It is much harder to accidentally install spyware or malicious code.  Not to
say impossible since end users can be tricked in to most anything.

I am not using Vista on any of my machines yet.  It breaks too many things I
need such as my VPN connection on my laptop and my scanner software and
sound card driver on my desktop. I suspect this will change as other vendors
get updated versions of their own software released.  I'm looking forward to
getting it working on my real machines (rather than just a test machined).
The Aero interface alone is worth the upgrade.  :-)


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Oooh, Aero, Drooooooolllll.

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