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Well Well Well, Look what they figured out…

February 5, 2009 By Michael Kavka Leave a Comment

So it seems that a company called Beyond Trust did a little research into Microsoft’s disclosed vulnerabilities, and found that 92% of them could have been avoided if people didn’t have Admin rights.  You can read the full article at Computer World.

Honestly, I would have thought it was quite obvious that this was a big problem. Even with the UAC in Vista and Windows 7, it is a problem, and Microsoft just won’t admit to it.  Someone needs to hit them with a clue by four I think.

Filed Under: Computers Tagged With: Computer World, Computers, Microsoft, Operating Systems, Security, UAC, Vista, vulnerabilities, Windows, Windows 7, XP

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