[HIB]IT security products fail to tap Windows security features

Security writer Brian Krebs says he has conducted a straw poll and analysis of the top IT security applications and found that large numbers of them fail to utilise the standard security features of Microsoft Windows. The former Washington Post IT security writer - whose Krebs on Security blog is read by large numbers of people - says he recently highlighted a study which showed that most of the top software applications failed to take advantage of two major lines of defence built into Microsoft Windows that can help block attacks from hackers and viruses. As it turns out, he adds, a majority of anti-virus and security products made for Windows users also forgo these useful security protections. For his tests, Krebs installed trial versions of a dozen top anti-virus and security suites on a virtual machine running Windows Vista, and then checked each product's executable files using Microsoft's process Explorer tool.

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