Advice Request Windows 8 Rumoured Release Date and Windows 9 Speculation!

[Exorcizm]

A new rumor making its way through the Internet's tubes suggests that we might actually see a commercial release for Windows 8, Microsoft's next operating system (OS), as early as next August. What's even more surprising is that Microsoft is said to have a Windows 9 release for late 2014.

The rumor comes to us in the form of a leaked roadmap available through the minimalist tech blog "MS Nerd." The roadmap reveals Microsoft's tentative plans for future releases and, as usual, the greatest interest has been drawn to the company's popular operating systems.

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[win7holic]

Yeah true there are a lot more security features in Windows 8 now. Which will help people in the future.

windows 8 is more secure I likes it, then virus will be more nasty.
take a look at, when windows 7 lauched after years (exactly in this year)
viruses is more and more strong.
such as; ransomware (locked machine)
not all AV can be block it.

 

[Exorcizm]

Yeah true there are a lot more security features in Windows 8 now. Which will help people in the future.

windows 8 is more secure I likes it, then virus will be more nasty.
take a look at, when windows 7 lauched after years (exactly in this year)
viruses is more and more strong.
such as; ransomware (locked machine)
not all AV can be block it.

You have a very valid point there WIN, you will never stop viruses and hackers, there is ALWAYS a way around

 

[win7holic]

You have a very valid point there WIN, you will never stop viruses and hackers, there is ALWAYS a way around

Yes.
virus can not be stopped with the OS.
and AV also.
all comes from our knowledge of viruses, and how to prevent it with our behavior when doing online.

 

[McLovin]

Yeah, but for people that are not computer knowledgeable, their is built in AV in Windows 8. Gives them some protection instead of none. The hackers will always get stronger and better but so will the AV companies.

 

[Exorcizm]

McLoving - good point

 

[win7holic]

Yeah, but for people that are not computer knowledgeable, their is built in AV in Windows 8. Gives them some protection instead of none. The hackers will always get stronger and better but so will the AV companies.

yes, you correctly mclovin
that's depend:

our behavior when doing online.

 

[Exorcizm]

Yeah, but for people that are not computer knowledgeable, their is built in AV in Windows 8. Gives them some protection instead of none. The hackers will always get stronger and better but so will the AV companies.

yes, you correctly mclovin
that's depend:

our behavior when doing online.

Windows 8 has a secure boot mechanism too stop rootkits apparently, sounds pretty promising!

 

[Exorcizm]

i personally havent looked into it too much

 

[McLovin]

Windows 8 has a secure boot mechanism too stop rootkits apparently, sounds pretty promising!

Well that does sound good.

 

[win7holic]

Windows 8 comes to tablet PCs, that's good.
for those of you who like to travel, it suits you.
might be more suitable.
hopefully windows 8 have two versions.
Windows 8 tablet version, and Windows 8 desktop version?


and about, secure boot, it is a very nice feature.
"but" the hacker will create more and more, much more nasty than rootkits on windows 7.
as I said before;

windows 8 is more secure I likes it, then virus will be more nasty.
take a look at, when windows 7 lauched after years (exactly in this year)

 

[moonshine]

There won't be 2 versions apparently, Windows 8 will adapt with your device for better usability. The Secure Boot feature is actually a very good addition to security features within Windows and in my opinion, It should only allow Signed Drivers and Signed Files to run on Boot-Up to prevent malware. Signed Malware? They could implement a whitelist to avoid that!

 

[McLovin]

Windows 8 comes to tablet PCs, that's good.
for those of you who like to travel, it suits you.
might be more suitable.
hopefully windows 8 have two versions.
Windows 8 tablet version, and Windows 8 desktop version?


and about, secure boot, it is a very nice feature.
"but" the hacker will create more and more, much more nasty than rootkits on windows 7.
as I said before;

windows 8 is more secure I likes it, then virus will be more nasty.
take a look at, when windows 7 lauched after years (exactly in this year)

Hackers will always find ways to get into any system even if you think that it is the most secure system in the world, there will be a way. Plus if they are doing it to households they will soon be trying to do it to big companies like Microsoft and if that happens, well we would be in trouble. The main thing that you have to do is keep your Windows up to date and keep all your personal information backed up just in case something like that happens. Yes there still might be heaps out there but all you have to watch is the website that you go to and what you put on your computer.

Having 2 versions of Windows 8 would be nice but I would say that Microsoft would not do that they will only put it out to tablet styled computers and tablet PCs.

 

[McLovin]

There won't be 2 versions apparently, Windows 8 will adapt with your device for better usability. The Secure Boot feature is actually a very good addition to security features within Windows and in my opinion, It should only allow Signed Drivers and Signed Files to run on Boot-Up to prevent malware. Signed Malware? They could implement a whitelist to avoid that!

Yes, if they are Signed Drivers and Files, there will be less of a chance of that happening.

 

[win7holic]

return to this point:

take a look, when windows 7 lauched after many years (exactly in this year)

before Windows 7 was launched. viruses does not nasty, right?
The new features of the OS, hackers will definitely look for:
What is vulnerability?

 

[moonshine]

Allowing only Signed Drivers and Signed Files to run on Boot-Up while having a whitelist of Digital Signatures is the only way to keep Windows 8 from being infected with Boot-Up Malware, Hackers might find a workaround but so far, This is the most secure way to prevent infection.

 

[McLovin]

Vulnerability is when a computer (in this case) is open to something or a attack, but why do we need to look at that when people should have their computers up to date and have AV software on them?

 

[McLovin]

Allowing only Signed Drivers and Signed Files to run on Boot-Up while having a whitelist of Digital Signatures is the only way to keep Windows 8 from being infected with Boot-Up Malware, Hackers might find a workaround but so far, This is the most secure way to prevent infection.

Exactly my point too.

 

[win7holic]

Vulnerability is when a computer (in this case) is open to something or a attack, but why do we need to look at that when people should have their computers up to date and have AV software on them?

good point.
we will see when windows 8 final release.
we can't guess more.
it will be wrong and wrong.
right?

I love all of you guys, have a good point.

 

[McLovin]

good point.
we will see when windows 8 final release.
we can't guess more.
it will be wrong and wrong.
right?

I love all of you guys, have a good point.

Yeah we will just have to wait and see.

 

[moonshine]

Vulnerability within Windows 8 should be minimal because of the new security features that are being implemented. Please take a look at this.

Making it harder to create an exploit on Windows 8

With Windows XP SP2, we began creating defenses called mitigations that make it difficult to develop reliable exploits for security vulnerabilities. Each subsequent version of Windows has continued to expand and improve on these mitigations, because a single mitigation feature can break an entire class of exploits. Windows 8 includes mitigation enhancements that further reduce the likelihood of common attacks. Some of these improvements include:

-Address Space Layout Randomization (ASLR). ASLR was first introduced in Windows Vista and works by randomly shuffling the location of most code and data in memory to block assumptions that the code and data are at same address on all PCs. In Windows 8, we extended ASLR’s protection to more parts of Windows and introduced enhancements such as increased randomization that will break many known techniques for circumventing ASLR.

- Windows kernel. In Windows 8, we bring many of the mitigations to the Windows kernel that previously only applied to user-mode applications. These will help improve protection against some of the most common type of threats. For example, we now prevent user-mode processes from allocating the low 64K of process memory, which prevents a whole class of kernel-mode NULL dereference vulnerabilities from being exploited. We also added integrity checks to the kernel pool memory allocator to mitigate kernel pool corruption attacks.

- Windows heap. Applications get dynamically allocated memory from the Windows user-mode heap. Major redesign of the Windows 8 heap adds significant protection in the form of new integrity checks to help defend against many exploit techniques. In addition, the Windows heap now randomizes the order of allocations so that exploits cannot depend on the predictable placement of objects—the same principle that makes ASLR successful. We also added guard pages to certain types of heap allocations, which helps prevent exploits that rely on overrunning the heap.

-Internet Explorer. “Use-after-free” vulnerabilities represented nearly 75% of the vulnerabilities reported in Internet Explorer over the last two years. For Windows 8, we implemented guards in Internet Explorer to prevent an attacker from crafting an invalid virtual function table, making these attacks more difficult. Internet Explorer will also take full advantage of the ASLR improvements provided by Windows 8.

Full article : http://blogs.msdn.com/b/b8/archive/2011/09/15/protecting-you-from-malware.aspx