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Are Microsoft to blame for "hidden" malware costs and will Windows 7 make any difference?

A couple of stories have hit the headlines this year concerning the huge cost that some UK Local Governments incurred when dealing with malware attack on their Windows machines. Full Article at LXer

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  1. "A while later, Ealing Borough Council were hit with a cost of Ł500000 (about US$ 800k) when they were also hit by a single USB stick containing conficker. Full Article at Internet.com

  2. I hesitated to write about this for a while because it's such a phony story. Nobody ever claimed that Windows 7 didn't require anti-malware or that UAC, per se, stops malware from executing. Full Article at PC Magazine

  3. Windows 7 is a valuable upgrade delivering an awesome, new user interface, but don’t expect any major improvements in security. Full Article at Wired

  4. SOFTWARE GIANT Microsoft is claiming that PCs in countries with high rates of software 'piracy' are more likely to be infected by malicious code because users don't install security patches. Full Article at Inquirer

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