Windows Vista began to suffer 'dissection'

Hackers raced to test and hunt for vulnerabilities in the new operating system to see if this was the safest Windows program Microsoft claimed. Meanwhile, pirated versions have flown in China and the online community has criticized Vista.

The new version of Windows - the operating system present in 95% of the worldwide computer system - has reached consumers on January 30 after 5 years of waiting. Microsoft explains this delay is because they want to enhance security.

Observers suggest that a product like Windows Vista will definitely attract the attention of the computer security industry, from experts to hackers who want to exploit bugs to make money. Microsoft also acknowledges that nothing is 100% perfect and that the operating system will be attacked is unavoidable.

Vista appears with an integrated spyware removal application and a warning mechanism for users if they accidentally install malicious programs. Premium versions are also equipped with BitLocker to encrypt the hard drive in case the computer case is lost or stolen.

Windows Vista contains more than 50 million lines of software code and costs Microsoft $ 6 billion in development investment. " Being the first to write Vista exploit code is a lot of things people want to do, " said Johannes Ullrich, network security expert of SANS Institute (USA).

On the day of the software launch in Shenzhen (China), pirated Windows Vista was publicly available on some streets for even more than $ 1. In addition to Vista, the Office 2007 office application package is also offered much lower than the original price. Software group in Redmond, Washington (USA), has not responded to this issue yet.

Meanwhile, the online community exhorted each other not to buy Vista right now. " Five years and $ 6 billion, Microsoft finally released an Apple Macintosh product a few years ago, " said a blogger from Microsoft 's Windows Live Spaces network.

Many also anticipate that Vista will take 2 years, like Windows XP, to conquer users, in part because product prices are too high and compatible components are not yet popular in the market.