Windows 10 Version 1607 is the Most Secure Windows Ever

[Elixer]

This is a huge, huge problem these days.

http://wincom.blob.core.windows.net...otection_in_Windows_10_Anniversary_Update.pdf (pdf with above graph)

Protecting against Ransomware
We have made significant improvements in protecting customers from ransomware in the Windows 10 Anniversary Update. To help protect against ransomware and other types of cyber threats, we suggest you:

• Update to the Windows 10 Anniversary Update and accept the default security settings within Windows 10.
• Keep machines up to date with the very latest updates.
• Ensure that a comprehensive backup strategy is implemented and followed.

https://blogs.windows.com/business/...ws-10-anniversary-update/#KGRjQpx6rPcibLOi.97

 

[pcslookout]

Interesting!

Thanks.

 

[VirtualLarry]

And yet, when my main PC upgraded itself to Win10 1607, directories associated with an IIS install mysteriously appeared, and my Paypal was hacked. Coincedence? I think not.

 

[XavierMace]

And yet, when my main PC upgraded itself to Win10 1607, directories associated with an IIS install mysteriously appeared, and my Paypal was hacked. Coincedence? I think not.

LOL. Because that's clearly the most obvious cause.

 

[nemesismk2]

i have not found windows 10 to be secure at all so removed defender and edge and replaced them with better antivirus and browser

 

[mv2devnull]

"the Most Secure Windows Ever"
The graph shows only two Windows versions and a short period. Does that warrant qualifier "ever"?

If one would blame Windows itself to be a XXX-ware, then yes, surely Windows 10, like cuckoo's chick, is remarkably able to "push out" the competitors.

 

[mikeymikec]

Ransomware most commonly infects a device through email or through a browser. When using email, the perpetrator will circulate an email that includes malicious code in an attachment

A closer look at the data shows that older versions of Windows are more likely to encounter ransomware. Figure 3 shows that devices running Windows 10 are 58% less likely to encounter ransomware than when running Windows 7.

Er, what? How does MS propose explaining how attackers know whether someone is running an older version of Windows based on their e-mail address? Or how the version of Windows one uses affects one's browsing habits? And why is Win8x missing from the stats? Wasn't Win8x their "most secure Windows ever" for a while?

Considering that in that same PDF MS otherwise has no problem using terms correctly such as "infect", "prevent" and "detect", I'm filing this in the cylindrical inbox that all marketing BS deserves to end up.

MS also mentions enhancing their "email services" with respect to protecting against this form of malware. Do they mean the mail client in Win10, or do they mean MS-hosted e-mail accounts? If it's the latter, then what has this got to do with Win10?

 

[[DHT]Osiris]

They're probably just using Windows' reporting functions for defender hits, or something.

Never mind the fact that the patch hasn't been out long enough to gather any useful metrics for this... I'd still say Win3.1 on a system with no disk drive or com port is probably the most secure Windows OS ever made.

 

[ImpulsE69]

Of course it is..because MS said so.

 

[nemesismk2]

Kaspersky launches antitrust action against Microsoft over Windows Defender

SECURITY SOFTWARE magnate Eugene Kaspersky has thrown a righteous wobbler, accusing Microsoft of anti-competitive practices and putting customers in danger with its attitudes to antivirus protection.

http://www.theinquirer.net

 

[tidy]

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[nemesismk2]

decided to delete message

 

[Red Squirrel]

This is like Ford saying that the 2016 model is better than the 2015 one. They should add Linux to that graph.

 

[biostud]

Maybe there is a correlation between those not upgrading their OS are also those most likely to fall for internet scams?

(Except those who specificly choose not to upgrade)

 

[mikeymikec]

Maybe there is a correlation between those not upgrading their OS are also those most likely to fall for internet scams?

(Except those who specificly choose not to upgrade)

IMO it's more likely to be the other way around - users attracted by 'shiny shiny' are probably less likely to be cautious in general. However that springs another way to look at it, users who are too cautious might be more likely to be scared out of their minds and fall for a scammer telling them that their computer is faulty.

 

[tcsenter]

Probably as much due to so many people not running or enabling some security features of Windows 7 that are not 'on' by default. e.g. DEP opt-out instead of opt-in, EMET w/SEHOP, protected mode for MSIE, running Java plugin in 'high' security rather than 'very high', etc.

 

[John Connor]

When the day comes that Winblows uses a hypervisor and you can restore the system despite being encrypted with ransomware at boot, then it will be "the most secure Windows ever."