Guys at Sophos, a security vendor, did some test on their SophosLabs with 10 unique samples to a Windows 7 clean installed machine that were configured as system default and didn’t load any anti-virus software. The result? Windows 7 vulnerable to 8 out of 10 viruses with a conclusion that You still need to run anti-virus on Windows 7.
Paul Cooke at Microsoft now responded on The windows security blog. He first agreed that
users of any computer, on any platform, should run anti-virus software, including those running windows 7.
And went on
Malware typically makes it onto a system through other avenues like the browser or email program. So while I absolutely agree that anti-virus software is essential to protecting your PC, there are other defenses as well.
with the recap on some of the Windows 7 security basics, including UAC, Kernel Patch Protection, Windows Service Hardening, Address Space Layout Randomization, and DEP, etc. He also mentioned one of his favorite features called the SmartScreen Filter in IE 8, which was bypassed by SophosLabs methodology.
A fair reply to me but I will leave more to our readers.
You can read the full response here.
