Tag: vista
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A third of anti-malware products fail to secure Vista Business Edition, Virus Bulletin reveals
VB urges industry to work harder at quality assurance. Virus Bulletin has revealed that, out of 54 anti-malware products tested, 19 failed to reach the standard required for VB100 certification in its recent test on Windows Vista Business Edition SP2 . Stumbling blocks for the products in this test included failure to detect a number…
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Vista SP1 clashing with AV products
Service Pack causing issues for several security suites. Microsoft has released details of several software products that are known to have problems running in conjunction with Service Pack 1 for its Vista operating system. The list includes several security products, including BitDefender 10 , BitDefender Internet Security 10 , Trend Micro Internet Security 2008 ,…
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Vista fails to reassure web users
50% of users don’t believe Vista has made the Internet any safer. According to a recent poll, 50% of visitors to the VB website do not believe that Windows Vista has made the Internet any safer. On its release, Microsoft ‘s most recent operating system was hailed by chairman Bill Gates as being ‘dramatically more…
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Latest VB100 announced
Products for 64-bit Windows Vista to be tested. VB has issued a call for submissions for the latest VB100 comparative review, with products for the 64-bit version of Microsoft Windows Vista to be tried out under VB’s strict testing protocols. The deadline set for submissions is July 3rd, with testsets and test platforms frozen on…