Viruses in Vista (under .net Framework)?   

If Vista was built under .net Framework (at least it's what I've learned), I 
know that .net framework won't allow any thread to go beyond the limits of 
the appdomain it belongs to, then, how come that a virus can travel beyond 
the limits of a given appdomain?
-- 

Rafael Soteldo

date: Sat, 12 Jul 2008 12:27:00 -0700   author:   Rafael Soteldo

Re: Viruses in Vista (under .net Framework)?   

Vista wasn't built under the .NET Framework so to speak, it's still a good 
old fashioned Windows OS crafted in C++ from what I can gather.  .NET is 
maybe integrated into it a little better than XP, but that's about all.

As far as a virus travelling "beyond the limits of a given appdomain", I'm 
not sure what you mean by that?  The main benefit of Vista is that UAC 
splits the token when you log in, so that apps run under a restricted 
account wherever possible, thereby limiting the amount of damage they can 
do.  Unfortunately, there is no software cure for a silly user, so viruses 
will always be a problem.

-Alex


"Rafael Soteldo"  wrote in message 
news:B55BA4BD-92B8-41A4-B6EA-ACA8DF9D6737@microsoft.com...
> If Vista was built under .net Framework (at least it's what I've learned), 
> I
> know that .net framework won't allow any thread to go beyond the limits of
> the appdomain it belongs to, then, how come that a virus can travel beyond
> the limits of a given appdomain?
> -- 
>
> Rafael Soteldo

date: Sat, 12 Jul 2008 16:03:30 -0500   author:   Alex Clark ail

Re: Viruses in Vista (under .net Framework)?   

As Alex already pointed out Vista is not implemented using .NET. It ships 
with .NET, but the OS is still native code (probably always will be).

In .NET threads are by no means restricted to one AppDomain. They are 
however restricted to one process, but that has nothing to do with .NET. 
That applies to native code as well.

-- 
Regards,
Brian Rasmussen [C# MVP]
http://kodehoved.dk



"Rafael Soteldo"  wrote in message 
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> If Vista was built under .net Framework (at least it's what I've learned), 
> I
> know that .net framework won't allow any thread to go beyond the limits of
> the appdomain it belongs to, then, how come that a virus can travel beyond
> the limits of a given appdomain?
> -- 
>
> Rafael Soteldo

date: Sun, 13 Jul 2008 14:59:43 +0200   author:   Brian Rasmussen [C# MVP]

Re: Viruses in Vista (under .net Framework)?   

Thank you for answering.

-- 

Rafael Soteldo


"Alex Clark" wrote:

> Vista wasn't built under the .NET Framework so to speak, it's still a good 
> old fashioned Windows OS crafted in C++ from what I can gather.  .NET is 
> maybe integrated into it a little better than XP, but that's about all.
> 
> As far as a virus travelling "beyond the limits of a given appdomain", I'm 
> not sure what you mean by that?  The main benefit of Vista is that UAC 
> splits the token when you log in, so that apps run under a restricted 
> account wherever possible, thereby limiting the amount of damage they can 
> do.  Unfortunately, there is no software cure for a silly user, so viruses 
> will always be a problem.
> 
> -Alex
> 
> 
> "Rafael Soteldo"  wrote in message 
> news:B55BA4BD-92B8-41A4-B6EA-ACA8DF9D6737@microsoft.com...
> > If Vista was built under .net Framework (at least it's what I've learned), 
> > I
> > know that .net framework won't allow any thread to go beyond the limits of
> > the appdomain it belongs to, then, how come that a virus can travel beyond
> > the limits of a given appdomain?
> > -- 
> >
> > Rafael Soteldo 
> 
> 
>

date: Sun, 13 Jul 2008 19:02:01 -0700   author:   Rafael Soteldo

Re: Viruses in Vista (under .net Framework)?   

Thank you for answering
-- 

Rafael Soteldo


"Brian Rasmussen [C# MVP]" wrote:

> As Alex already pointed out Vista is not implemented using .NET. It ships 
> with .NET, but the OS is still native code (probably always will be).
> 
> In .NET threads are by no means restricted to one AppDomain. They are 
> however restricted to one process, but that has nothing to do with .NET. 
> That applies to native code as well.
> 
> -- 
> Regards,
> Brian Rasmussen [C# MVP]
> http://kodehoved.dk
> 
> 
> 
> "Rafael Soteldo"  wrote in message 
> news:B55BA4BD-92B8-41A4-B6EA-ACA8DF9D6737@microsoft.com...
> > If Vista was built under .net Framework (at least it's what I've learned), 
> > I
> > know that .net framework won't allow any thread to go beyond the limits of
> > the appdomain it belongs to, then, how come that a virus can travel beyond
> > the limits of a given appdomain?
> > -- 
> >
> > Rafael Soteldo 
>

date: Sun, 13 Jul 2008 19:03:01 -0700   author:   Rafael Soteldo