McAfee cries foul over Microsoft Vista OS security
Top executives from the security firm McAfee went on the offensive this week against Microsoft, saying Vista will be even less secure for customers than previous versions of Windows. The day after McAfee took out a full-page advertisement in the Financial Times to publicly air its grievances over the security of Vista, McAfee Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) George Samenuk, Vice President and Chief Scientist George Heron and Chief Security Architect John Viega delivered the same message in person in New York.
“We are disturbed by the fact that with Vista, end customers will be less secure,” Samenuk said. “Customers trust us … To erode that trust would hurt all Internet users, all PC users. I don’t think Microsoft wants that, nor does McAfee want that.” In Vista, Microsoft is locking down the kernel of the OS through a feature called PatchGuard on 64-bit versions. Microsoft’s argument is that this will keep miscreants out of the OS and prevent the incidence of attacks, and it is something for which customers have been asking.
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