With Windows being the predominant operating system in the world, it's no surprise that it has the widest number of hacks and attacks aimed at it. As a result, Windows is often considered the least secure operating system by some users.

Windows 7 is out as a beta and the final version is expected sometime this year or early next year. Microsoft has also started to circulate the latest release candidate build of the operating system among developers and testers. Despite the fact that the operating system isn't officially available yet, a pair of security researchers have already shown a way that a computer running Windows 7 can be completely taken over during the boot process.

Researchers Vipin Kumar and Nitin Kumar have demonstrated proof-of-concept code that the pair developed called VBootkit 2.0. The software injects code into the Windows machine during boot up and allows the complete takeover of the machine and access to all files on the system.

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