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November 9th, 2012, 05:21 GMT · By

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Windows 8 Is the Most Secure Operating System on the Market – Security Expert

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It’s a well-known fact that Windows 8 was designed to be a more stable and more secure version of Windows, so security experts are now applauding Microsoft’s efforts in this regard.

Besides the Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) Secure Boot technology, Windows 8 also comes with security tools easily accessible to beginners too, including a refreshed version of Windows Defender.

This is no longer an anti-spyware utility, but a full-featured antivirus product. That’s why Windows 8 is the most secure operating system on the market, Gunter Ollmann, vice president of research at security company Damballa, told TechTarget.com.

This means that Windows 8 is not only the most secure Windows version ever released, but it’s even safer than Mac OS X and Linux distributions, such as Ubuntu, he suggested.

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Comment #1 by: Cyclops on 09 Nov 2012, 14:19 UTC reply to this comment

Windows 8 Is the Most Secure Operating System on the Market – Security Expert


'Windows 8 Critical Security Updates Announced'...says it all really,lol.

Comment #1.1 by: Wibin on 10 Nov 2012, 19:52 GMT

Yup, they have thousands of people working on security issues and they get them fixed as soon as they are discovered.


Comment #2 by: bs detector on 10 Nov 2012, 20:38 UTC reply to this comment

They probably got paid by microsoft to say this or biased in some other way.

I wouldn't accept this as true until i get access to the data used.

They could very well have used old virus and malware or mistranslated the results.
ie "good enough" even if the malware / virus modified something before it gets detected


Comment #3 by: Poldus on 14 Nov 2012, 22:00 UTC reply to this comment

The most secure OS on the market. More secure than NetBSD, OpenBSD, and BAE Systems' STOP, among others... yeah, sure... LOL...


Comment #4 by: meme on 17 Nov 2012, 23:38 UTC reply to this comment

did you read the license agreement i don't think so if you had your would of read that you can not sue microsoft and you install windows 8 do not own your computer any more what you say you click on istall you have give microsft the right to see what you are running and what you are doing and what email you send and get and you are talking to one that pay for windows 8 and find a lot wrong and microsoft log in to my computer and said it was not my computer that was messing up it was windows 8 it goes back to desktop or locks up or shut off windows 7 run very great on my computer and why windows 8 boots they say fast it does not windows 7 boot faster then windows 8 si to me windows 8 is crap


Comment #5 by: Gm on 03 Dec 2012, 08:52 UTC reply to this comment

How does W8 security compare with Comodo Internet Security Premium?


Comment #6 by: stallmate on 12 Dec 2012, 16:15 UTC reply to this comment

security expert my * !!! ever hear of BSD?


Comment #7 by: cb on 13 Jan 2013, 09:22 UTC reply to this comment

I call BS. The only OS win8 might be more secure then is osx. There is no way it more secure than any *nix system. I'll put it to the test.


Comment #8 by: Obviously on 26 Jan 2013, 02:22 UTC reply to this comment

I suggest you reconsider.


Comment #9 by: JackSprat on 29 Jan 2013, 02:03 UTC reply to this comment

Well, any opportunistic Microsoft fan may *suggest* Windows 8 is more secure than Linux, but the US NSA would disagree. You will not find any "secure" version of Windows 8 running in mission critical applications where people die if the system fails to function as advertised.


Comment #10 by: LinuxGuy on 13 Feb 2013, 14:32 UTC reply to this comment

Windows 8 Is the Most Secure Operating System on the Market – Security Expert...............you notice they say "On the market". That is because the most secure operating systems are free.

Comment #10.1 by: Neo on 19 Feb 2013, 16:35 GMT

lol the devil's in the details. windows 8 HAS to be the most secure OS, it comes with a built-in virus scanner!!!

lol

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