are there Viruses that work on Vista?

"Robert Moir" <robspamtrap@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> "tim" <tim@vistanews.group.window.internet.blah.com> wrote in message
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>> Hi,
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>> Do any of the old viruses that affected XP work in Vista as well? Are
>> there any known new viruses that affect Vista yet ?

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> Yes and Yes. While Vista has made great strides on security, there isn't
> anything super magic about it that stops it getting viruses.

If nothing else, the "platform neutral" e-mail based virus still works.

The virus goes something like this:

"Delete all of your files and then forward this message to all of your
friends."

Okay, so while that's deliberately meant to amuse, it underscores an
important point - as long as users can initiate processes that damage
things, viruses will be able to persuade users to initiate them, and thereby
cause damage.

Alun.
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