Windows Still Designed for Insecurity

Dr. Roy Schestowitz

2011-07-21 12:25:46 UTC
Modified: 2011-07-21 12:25:46 UTC

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Summary: New reports about bad Windows security

ONE OF OUR readers said that "Vista/Windows 7 are remote rooted through bluetooth" according to a report which says that "Windows laptops are configured to ... turn on Bluetooth when the computer’s wireless Internet component is active or searching for networks (which, for many machines, is all the time)." CNET is meanwhile naming Windows in relation to malware. It quotes/attributes this to Google:

The malware only affects computers running the Windows operating system, according to a post by Google engineer Matt Cutts. Systems can be tested by running a Web search for any word, he said.

At Google, not many people are using Windows and within a few years it is possible that almost nobody will use Windows. It sure seems like Android takes over not only phones (even at Apple's expense) but also tablets. We provided new links earlier. ⬆

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TemporalBeing

2011-07-21 21:44:06

So long as Windows continues to support the Win32 API it will be insecure as the Win32 API is insecure by design. Nothing can save it from that; not even wrapping with with .NET.

Needs Sunlight

2011-07-22 08:56:50

That assumes, incorrectly, that M$.NET has anything at all to do with security. As far as I can discern, .NET is only about trying to take on Java through weak imitation.

TemporalBeing

2011-07-22 13:54:54

No - it's just pointing out that even if .NET did have anything to do with security, that it wouldn't solve the underlying problem.

Oddly, they have a POSIX API which is more secure, but the Gold Disk standard (used to Secure Windows) removes the POSIX API.

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