Windows 8 finally made it to prime time last week. This version of Microsoft’s operating system makes significant improvements in its security stance, said Alex Balan, a senior product manager at Bitdefender, but some of them are likely to be undermined by users wedded to old programs. The way the Windows 8 user interface handles applications is a significant security improvement. “It runs applications in a sandbox, in their own environment,” he said. “That’s a decent step forward.”
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Legacy Applications a Threat to Windows 8 Security
Posted by: John P. Mello Jr. October 29, 2012 05:00 AMWindows 8 finally made it to prime time last week. This version of Microsoft’s operating system makes significant improvements in its security stance, said Alex Balan, a senior product manager at Bitdefender, but some of them are likely to be undermined by users wedded to old programs. The way the Windows 8 user interface handles applications is a significant security improvement. “It runs applications in a sandbox, in their own environment,” he said. “That’s a decent step forward.”