Default Windows 7 Less Secure than Vista

Default Windows 7 Less Secure than Vista

Windows 7 has less IT security out-of-the box than Vista, despite Redmond's protestations to the contrary, a top IT services provider has claimed. IT company Trend Micro said that the default configurations of Windows 7 are less secure than Vista. Raimund Genes, CTO of Trend Micro, said that Windows 7 had sacrificed security for useability - at least for default configurations.
The User Account Control (UAC) feature that debuted with Vista was a security safeguard that asked users for permission before allowing applications to run. The nagware technology irked users and was blamed for producing numerous largely meaningless pop-ups that users blithely clicked past.