Craig,

I did not understand from that article that the virus is hooking into the kernel, what I undestood is that some viruses hook into the kernel, and Vista will crash?? (WOW, that is an awful solution!) if that happens, but it will also crash when antiviruses try to hook to the kernel, and they (the antiviruses) are able to stop some kind of viruses, that do not necessarely hook into the kernel by using heuristic methods, something that vista does not have, thus getting into the system more easily.


>The arguement is that anti-virus software today can hook into the kernel and prevent a virus from hooking into the kernel. But Patch Guard prevents applications from hooking into the kernel. McAfee claims that users will be less safe in Vista because viruses can more easily get into the system.
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>Am I missing something here? If Patch Guard can prevent an anti-virus program from hooking into the kernel, it can also prevent a virus from hooking into the kernel. How are we less safe?