Microsoft Says Sophos Overhypes Windows 7 Malware Threat


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Microsoft Says Sophos Overhypes Windows 7 Malware Threat

Says Sophos' methodology was flawed, in part because the testers did not take advantage of Microsoft security tools

Nov 09, 2009 | 04:29 PM

By Paul McDougall, InformationWeek

Special to Dark Reading

Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) accused a software industry rival of overhyping tests results that purported to show security features in the new Windows 7 operating system fail to block 80% of malware threats.

"I'm not a fan of companies sensationalizing findings about Windows 7 in order to sell more of their own software," said Paul Cooke, Microsoft's director of Windows Enterprise Client Security, in a blog post Friday.

Cooke's blog came in response to an earlier post by Chester Wisniewski, senior security advisor at anti-virus software maker Sophos. Wisniewski said Sophos' tests revealed that Windows 7 is "vulnerable to 8 out of 10 viruses."

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