A new scripting tool targeted by a virus writer will not be part of Windows Vista, the next Windows client release, Microsoft announced on Friday.
Virus writers have published what are thought to be the first examples of malicious code targeting an expected feature of Microsoft's Windows Vista operating system, around a week after the first beta of the next-generation operating system was released.
Microsoft is investigating a security vulnerability which affects Vista, its newly launched operating system.
New security features planned for the Longhorn version of Windows Server will include an automatic patch check and a file system that can fix itself, Microsoft said.
Microsoft is talking up support for hardware-based security in Windows Vista, though only a sliver of the company's original plan will make it into the operating system.
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