SniperSpy New Release Puts Vista Security to its Knees

... was UAC, the best Microsoft could have done?

From News.com:

"Microsoft is taking a three-pronged approach with Windows Vista to reduce the threat of spyware.

User Account Control
By default, Windows Vista will run with fewer user privileges. "

1. SniperSpy 3.9.5 Module which is 67kb in size, is a self installing program, requiring no admin privilage, can be installed even from Vista guest account. Once installed, it starts monitoring the users and saving logs.

"Internet Explorer 7
IE 7 will run in "protected mode."

2. IE7 stil exposes the DOM and responds to DDE commands, giving access to record its web sites visited, not only the URL but also the entire web content.

"Windows Defender
Microsoft's anti-spyware tool will block and clean up any infections that do make it through."

3. Relying on database it is just same old Anti-Spyware issue. Nothing interesting.

"Will add fourth from my side: Firewall"

4. SniperSpy 3.9.5 requires no firewall permission and by passes every known firewall to send its records back to the remote user account along with full size screen-shots!

While SniperSpy is not a spy ware but a spy software, but their how-it-work is closely linked and hence the controversy. So seeing what SniperSpy does to Vista, hope is not over for Anti-Spyware.