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Originally Posted by MrGreen  Now you're just trying to defend the operating system. These sorts of things are of interest to poorly educated users who they are more likely to effect (which I clearly stated). The issue with the list is that the protection mechanisms in 7 did nothing to stop these randomly selected viruses.
1. UAC is not doing its job.
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UAC's job is to ensure the user has to give confirmation to change system settings. If the user still gives that confirmation, there's nothing it can do. UAC is not an anti-virus.
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2. Namedropping remote vulnerabilities has nothing to do with the above
-Win32/Conflicker A and Win32/IRCbot.BH affected 7 RC. |
Conficker was patched in Windows before Conficker ever came out.
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| VBootkit 2.0 can be used to sieze total control of a computer that has someone physically accessing it (whether they intend to or not). |
Again, there are local exploits for every OS. You CANNOT prevent someone with local access from gaining access to a computer. Period. These mean NOTHING. Not a single thing.
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| edit: Although you could coax an inexperienced user to activate remote desktop/assistance (which is an awful addition to windows) |
Remote assistance requires a one-time session key to be communicated to the person connecting. Again, social engineering is not something an OS can defend against. Remote Assistance is a fantastic addition that makes IT workers' lives much easier.
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| and computers will still execute malicious scripts on websites (which could install worms, backdoor trojans, whatever) |
Not if you're running IE8, which runs at a protected level below even that of a normal process
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| Just because experienced users will have a great time on 7 doesnt mean that the inexperienced users should be ignored. Their computer security is comprimised in 7 vs vista because of the scalebacks of default settings. |
Due to overwhelming demand by users.
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| Pedantic semantics are childish, as is your 'challenge'. If you care so much go find one yourself Google is a great place to start. |
It's not semantics. Do some research into computer security and you'll do the same thing.
Just for the benefit of everyone else: MrGreen was already called out for the troll he is in the "Windows 7 is Awesome" thread for statements such as claiming he could "see" by using the OS that the kernel hadn't changed. Real expert, there.
