Munich - The integrated malware guards in Microsoft's new Windows Vista operating system produce only mediocre results, experts report.
The Windows Defender software recognises only 68.2 per cent of 9,225 total Spyware files not yet active on the tested system, the Munich-based computer magazine PC Professionell reported. Good
antivirus software recognises 95 per cent and more.
Of 23 successfully installed adware and spyware samples, Defender missed four of them during a later inspection. Even with the watchdog software turned on, the malicious software could be installed
unnoticed, the report claims. Even once found, removing them from the computer was a problematic affair, PC Professionell judged.
Windows Defender should therefore be viewed as no more than a decent basic protection, they write. Users should not rely on it alone, however. The experts therefore recommend an additional virus
scanner with good spyware recognition.
