Although Windows 7 has raised the bar in terms of out the box security, Sophos global sales engineer Chester Wisniewski believes that in some areas Windows 7 is a regression from Windows Vista.

One area where Chester believes that Windows 7 security is worse than Windows Vistas , is the alert that is displayed when users do not have an anti-virus programme.  In Windows Vista a big red shield is displayed as well as a popup, whereas in Windows 7 there is no popup and just a flag in the syste