10-05-2009, 03:48 PM
I have this to say... That guy must be an idiot then. I am not saying that the security problem isn't there (Haven't heard anything till now, for all we know, it might just be a ploy to scare people away from upgrading because Windows 7 is awesome, and they know it 
) but NOTHING and I mean NOTHING is unfixable. The problem wasn't there in Vista, why would it be in Windows 7 and not Vista, after all, Windows 7 is Windows 6.1 in reality, it has just been majorly tweaked (Windows Vista is 6.0).
Another thing, it would not be impossible to detect. The program which would install itself would be detectable through heuristics or whatever else anti-virus programs use. Second of all, the software could not install itself without your permission because of UAC. This time, I doubt people will totally shut off UAC, they might tone it down, but to install new applications (even viruses/malware, which was the idea of UAC, to stop things from occurring so easily) you would need to click Continue.
) but NOTHING and I mean NOTHING is unfixable. The problem wasn't there in Vista, why would it be in Windows 7 and not Vista, after all, Windows 7 is Windows 6.1 in reality, it has just been majorly tweaked (Windows Vista is 6.0).Another thing, it would not be impossible to detect. The program which would install itself would be detectable through heuristics or whatever else anti-virus programs use. Second of all, the software could not install itself without your permission because of UAC. This time, I doubt people will totally shut off UAC, they might tone it down, but to install new applications (even viruses/malware, which was the idea of UAC, to stop things from occurring so easily) you would need to click Continue.