Microsoft’s new Windows 7 has arrived with much fanfare from journalists and Microsoft. Microsoft also revealed some new TV ads which vaunt “Windows 7 is the most secure operating system we’ve produced”. That isn’t much of a boast considering the major problems viruses and malware cause Microsoft Windows users. However, Jeff Putt, the Windows consumer team leader, has admitted that the ad is “slightly” misleading and that users need to get security advice from third parties.

Windows 7 – Australian security ad – YouTube

Whilst agreeing that Windows 7 is marketably better than Vista, I haven’t found that Windows 7’s security is nearly as good as Linux or Mac OS X. Windows 7 still doesn’t ask for a password when elevated privileges are required and quite a few programs still require Administrator priviliges to run. This includes times when you are using Internet Explorer, both 32-bit and 64-bit versions. Microsoft still haven’t got the business sense to rewrite Windows from the ground up. Apple did this with OS X and have gone ahead in leaps and bounds. Microsoft could even start with FreeBSD as well LOL