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Story: Vista vulnerable to malware from 2004

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A security 'monoculture' of Vista is a real concern

The addition of better security in Vista is a very good thing, as long as it doesn’t discourage third party development for that platform. Once Microsoft Vista becomes the standard desktop O/S, as it probably will, there is real concern that it may also become the default and only security solution for companies. This would result in hackers and malware authors may have a lot less security tools to deal with. Monocultures, of all kinds, tend to respond poorly to external attacks, and it may be that Windows Vista serves to extend this problem to the IT security world resulting ultimately in more worse, more pervasive, infections.

Geoff Webb, Director of Marketing, FutureSoft

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