According to foreign media reports, this week, Raymond Jeans, CEO of the well-known security company Trend Micro, pointed out that the initial security of Microsoft's new generation flagship product Windows 7 is not as good as Vista.
Genes said that he is not saying that Windows 7 is unsafe, but that Microsoft is too focused on the ease of use of Windows 7. In the bare metal state, Vista is better at defending against attacks. When he was using Windows 7 without anti-virus software installed, no system security warnings appeared. In contrast, Vista's security mechanisms kick in and indicate that hidden file extensions are risky.
To this end, Jeans suggested that Windows 7 users should increase the UAC (User Account Control) security level.
In addition, Genes speculated that when faced with the choice between ease of use and security, Microsoft engineers clearly chose the former. However, the XP virtual mode in Windows 7 is very reliable. It provides a sandbox-like operating system platform, and it is difficult for most attacks to cross the sandbox to create threats.
Different from Trend Micro's view, other analysts believe that the XP mode in Windows 7 increases the risk of the system because it requires independent security updates, which is both unsafe and very troublesome.