Don’t trust software to be secure. Vista DEP (Data Execution Prevention) isn’t doing a good job protecting Vista users. It’s only partially enabled and if switched fully on too many applications fail. I find this absurd that applications would fail if DEP is totally enabled. It’s not what the doctor ordered.

It’s just another day of badness coming out about the Microsoft camp. Hackers should have no problem figuring this one out. If we didn’t have hackers we would not be able to keep these software companies honest and challenged.

I am curious on what Microsoft will say about this recent exposure. This will have huge implications and it will be very tough battling this latest vulnerability. I believe if the life cycle is long for Vista, Microsoft will have to fix things in a future service pack. These issues are going to hurt Microsoft in a big way with Linux moving up fast.

Maybe Windows 7 is the answer, I don’t think so!

Now that Vista’s defenses have been crippled, we’re back to relying on third-party security applications to detect malicious code … some things don’t change.