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Microsoft's security report shows Windows 7 is safer

...more technically savvy", which helps. So does the 64-bit version's PatchGuard, which the anti-virus industry tried to stop. Another factor, of course... Read more

17 May, 2011

Windows PatchGuard expected to be hacked soon

PatchGuard, a Microsoft technology to protect key parts of Windows, will be hacked... Read more

13 October, 2006 by Joris Evers
Microsoft partner: Vista less secure than XP

Microsoft partner: Vista less secure than XP

...holes. Kaspersky also added her voice to Symantec and McAfee complaints that PatchGuard, designed to protect the Vista kernel, is hindering security companies' work. "PatchGuard... Read more

16 March, 2007 by Tom Espiner

Microsoft releases Vista SP1 details

The company has published details of the issues Windows Vista Service Pack 1 will address and promised efficiency gains Read more

11 December, 2007 by Tom Espiner

Windows PatchGuard 'hindering security

...a lot of bad guys, according to security software makers. Microsoft designed PatchGuard to safeguard core parts of Windows, including Vista, against malicious code attacks... Read more

11 August, 2006 by Joris Evers

McAfee and Microsoft tangle over Vista security

...of Vista, while leaving the door open for hackers to get past PatchGuard, the part of the operating system designed to prevent malicious attacks. "If... Read more

3 October, 2006 by Tom Espiner

Windows security software FAIL?

...kernel mode hooks if they are installed, for example after disabling the PatchGuard". It will be interesting to see how long it takes the security... Read more

10 May, 2010

Symantec and Microsoft co-operate on security

...The security vendors claimed that a kernel shield developed by Microsoft, called "PatchGuard" and intended to stop hackers attacking 64-bit versions of Vista, blocked... Read more

23 October, 2007 by Andrew Donoghue

Vista backlash begins

...a virus analyst at Kaspersky. It also criticised Kernel Patch Protection, or PatchGuard, the part of Vista that prevents modifications to the core system. According... Read more

31 January, 2007 by Tom Espiner

Microsoft coughs up Vista APIs

...bit versions of Windows. But they complained that the kernel shield, called PatchGuard and intended to stop hackers in 64-bit versions of Vista, blocks... Read more

21 December, 2006 by Joris Evers

Kaspersky predicts Vista security holes

...the first pieces of the operating system to be attacked will be PatchGuard, the code that protects the Vista kernel. "One of the first things... Read more

11 December, 2006 by Tom Espiner

Today's Vista launch is just the beginning

...secure, in theory at least, if the computer falls into unfriendly hands. PatchGuard will protect the 64-bit Vista kernel from modification — much to the... Read more

30 November, 2006 by ZDNet UK

Microsoft's Allchin: Vista won't need antivirus

...antivirus code. Both antivirus companies have asserted that they need access to PatchGuard, the part of the operating system designed to prevent malicious attacks, to... Read more

10 November, 2006 by Tom Espiner

Microsoft lifts lid on EC Vista probe

...on Tuesday. The second Vista security area causing the EC concern was PatchGuard, or kernel patch protection, the code that prevents access to the Vista... Read more

24 October, 2006 by Tom Espiner

Don't rush to 64-bit Vista, says analyst

...bit versions of Windows. But they complained that the kernel shield called PatchGuard in 64-bit versions of Vista, which is intended to stop hackers... Read more

23 October, 2006 by Joris Evers

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BrownieBoy

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@apexwm Have you considered either (a) reading the story above or (b) reading the PDF? There are answers in both.

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