Vista Warning - SP1 Will Break Your AntiVirus Software

[GhostShip]

An official warning has been released by Microsoft prior to the much awaited deployment of the Vista service pack one

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7205059.stm

The list of programs affected by SP1 is divided into three. Some will be blocked by the update, some will not run and others will lose some of their functions.
Microsoft is warning Windows Vista users that a forthcoming service pack for the operating system may stop some third-party programs working.
The software giant has released a list of programs that may be broken by the SP1 update for Vista.

Most of the software hit by the upgrade are security programs that prevent Windows users falling prey to viruses, trojans and booby-trapped webpages

BitDefender AV
Fujitsu Shock Sensor
Jiangmin KV Antivirus 10
Jiangmin KV Antivirus 2008
Trend Micro Internet Security
Zone Alarm Security Suite
Iron Speed Designer
Xheo Licensing
Free Allegiance
NYT Reader
Rising Personal Firewall
Novell ZCM Agent

Microsoft warned that its list was not "comprehensive" and asked people to get in touch with the maker of any affected software to fix problems.

Back to the usual MS practice I see of using the softwares users as unpaid beta testers and introducing competition smashing updates that are usually designed to recoup lost market share in one sector or another  :roll:

[White Stripes]

Most of the software hit by the upgrade are security programs that prevent Windows users falling prey to viruses, trojans and booby-trapped webpages

erm... kinda shooting themselves in the foot arent they?

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They done that by releasing a half baked system called vista anyway .... just moving forward in there own blunderfull way as expected

[White Stripes]

ugh.... but you'd think that for as badly as they want -everyone- to be using vista they would try -not- to break things...