Webroot: Vista’s Defender stops only 16% of spyware
January 26, 2007 by Jason
Users who put their faith in Vista’s new security features and Microsoft’s Windows Defender antispyware product may find themselves under attack from spyware all the same, according to the results of a study by Webroot, a leading antispyware vendor and Microsoft competitor.
On Thursday, the company released the results of what it claimed was a two-week study of Windows Defender that showed the product missed 84 percent of a sample set of 25 spyware and malicious code samples. The programs that slipped by were a mix of spyware, Trojan horse programs, and keyloggers. While many were not Vista compatible and simply crashed, others were able to install on Vista systems, said Gerhard Eschelbeck, Chief Technology Officer at Webroot. Read More»
If you purchased a PC after October 26th or plan to do so in the next few months then Santa may have another little present for you early next year. Many PC manufacturers and vendors have signed up to Microsoft is Free or discount Vista Express Upgrade scheme. The only trouble is they may not have told you about it, or they are not making it easy to sign up for the vouchers, which should be sent out in January. Some companies are also imposing shed-loads of conditions or imposing handling charges and which version of Vista you ge6t depends on the OS the new PC you have just bought is using but even so, with copies of Vista selling for upwards of 100 it’s probably still a good deal, even if it is not exactly a freebie. 
Here is another quick tip for early adopters. This one lets you display two more clocks, which can be set to alternative time zones. To set it up open Control Panel and double-click Date and Time. Select the Additional Clocks tab and set the clock or clocks to your preferred time zones and if you like, change the default name (maximum 15 characters). Click OK to exit and its done. Now, when you hover your mouse pointer over the Taskbar clock your extra clock displays will appear.
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