Tue 13 May 2008
Well according to the security company PC Tools yes, but not as much as Microsoft claims it is.
PC Tools says Vista is 37% more secure than Windows XP. They came up with this figure by counting the number of unique threats to both the operating systems over a six month period. Microsoft mean while, using a different technique, recently claimed that Vista was 60% more secure than XP.
According to PC Tool’s vice president of product strategy “The answer is that it is more secure than XP, but not so secure that you can give up on anti-virus and other security software.”
To learn more about these results from ComputerWorld click here.