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Information Technology News Kaspersky defends Microsoft, refutes Vista security lockout claims
Information Technology News Kaspersky defends Microsoft, refutes Vista security lockout claims | Kaspersky defends Microsoft, refutes Vista security lockout claims |
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| Written by Stan Beer | |
| Monday, 09 October 2006 | |
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Bothe Symantec and McAfee, the two largest security software vendors in the world, claim that the Patchguard feature of Vista, which locks up the kernel to prevent modification of the core code, would not make exceptions form security companies so that they could protect the operating system from the inside out. Both McAfee and Symantec say that Patchguard has already been hacked at least once. The two security vendors have become increasingly vocal against Microsoft and Vista since the Redmond software company entered their security space with its Windows Live OneCare security suite, significantly undercutting their prices in the process. Microsoft has answered the two major security vendors' accusations, saying that it will continue to work hand-in-hand with computer security vendors on Vista.{moscomment}
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