links for 2009-11-08

Quite an analysis of the bunch of themes present in the movie

A longwinded approach though. May not be suitable when trying to do it for many applications.

'The Norton User Account Control tool will replace parts of the Windows Vista UAC system. It will utilize the UAC security feature from the Windows Vista architecture, while simultaneously improving user-friendliness significantly. The tool prompts recommendations based on an assessment on the user-action i.e. the signature information of the executable. The tool also has a "remember me" feature that allows users to suppress future prompts from the same action.'

A handy tool that lets you to turn off UAC or switch it to a quiet mode in Windows Vista

A set of test files with viruses/malware to test your antivirus product

Results from AV-Comparative.org for malware & residual removal by 16 anti virus software.
avast is rated as average-average like many others. eScan, Symantec & Microsoft seem to be the only ones rated good-good. A detailed report is available for download.
Caveat: It used a sample of 10 random malware for the test, so the results could be quite different for a larger set.