Bill Gates claimed that Vista was “dramatically more secure” during an interview with BBC News.比尔盖茨宣称， Vista是“显着更安全”在接受采访时与BBC的新闻。 He said the improved security in Vista was a reason all by itself to upgrade from Windows XP.他说，改善安全在Vista中是一个原因，一切由自己从Windows XP升级。 Is the claim valid?是的索赔是否有效？

Vista exploits and vulnerabilities are starting to turn up on discussion boards where such things are traded and developed. Vista的漏洞和弱点也开始出现对议会讨论的东西，如交易和发展。 Academics are also publishing papers on weaknesses in the security technologies inside Vista.学者也出版的论文的弱点，在安全技术内Vista的。 A casual search in bugtraq reveals tons of discussion going on over Vista vulnerabilities.随便在搜索微软揭示吨的讨论持续了超过Vista的安全漏洞。

“It’s dramatically more secure than, say, Windows 3.x, Windows 95, Windows NT, Windows 2000 or Windows XP,” said Mikko Hypponen, chief research officer at F-Secure. “它的显着更多的安全性比，也就是说，在Windows 3.x中，在Windows 95 ，在Windows NT ， Windows 2000或Windows XP ，说： ”主管Mikko Hypponen ，首席研究人员在F - Secure公司。

“However, it’s fundamentally not more secure than operating systems like FreeBSD, QNX, AS/400 etc,” he said. “不过，它的根本不是更安全，比操作系统一样， FreeBSD的， QNX的， AS/400的等， ”他说。 I would add secure Linux or even plain old Linux to that mix.我想补充一点，安全Linux或什至平原岁Linux的混合。

“I would claim it’s not even as secure as another operating system from Microsoft; namely the operating system inside the Xbox 360.” via “我会要求它的甚至没有安全的另一个操作系统从Microsoft ，即作业系统内的Xbox 360 ”通过 BBC英国广播公司

One of the emphasis of Vista is that the system ask users to give permission for programs, browser extensions and many other things to be installed.其中一个重点Vista是，该系统要求用户给予许可的程序，浏览器扩展和许多其他的东西可以安装。 The sheer number of times that people are asked, without providing them with any contextual information to make a proper decision, may make them click past the warning without realising what they were doing.数量之多，时代，人是问，没有向他们提供任何与内容相关的资料，作出正确的决定，可能使他们按过去的警告没有意识到他们正在做的。