Legacy Applications a Threat to Windows 8 Security


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, 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 told TechNewsWorld. "That's a decent step forward."

The problem with that setup, he continued, is that it only works with Windows 8 apps. Programs that are made for older versions of Windows, which run in the desktop mode and don't use the Windows 8 interface, are still vulnerable to attack.
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