Windows 7 Release Candidate Has Disappointments and Improvements

Windows 7 Release Candidate Has Disappointments and Improvements
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Microsoft's Windows 7 release candidate, which was made available earlier this week, is already disappointing some for not implementing certain changes that would improve security. There was hope that with Windows 7, Microsoft might change its long-standing practice of hiding file type extensions in Explorer, but the newest release still hides the extensions. The problem is that attackers can trick the system into displaying a file called, for example, name.txt.exe as a .txt file, which users would perceive as being safer than an .exe file. On a brighter note, the Windows 7 version of AutoPlay does not automatically run applications on external data devices except for CD/DVD players.