I would like to believe that this is the case. According to researcher Chris Valasek, Windows 8 will be far better at protecting against malware than it’s predecessors. Like any arms race I guess we will have to wait and see.
From The Register:
Windows 8 will come with a radically redesigned user interface, dubbed Metro, which was designed in part to give Windows that same feel across smartphones, desktops, laptops and tablets. Despite radical changes, it seems the innards of the operating system are much the same as those found in Windows 7. Valasek described the leap between Windows 7 and 8 as less than that between XP and Vista.
One major change between Windows 7 and 8 is the addition of more exploit-mitigation technologies, however. Windows Memory Managers (specifically the Windows Heap Manager and Windows Kernel Pool Allocator) are designed to make it far harder for attackers to exploit buffer-overflow vulnerabilities and the like to push malware onto vulnerable systems.
Hmm, add in a dash of Bromium and…damn. Fingers crossed.
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