This is a short scary list of what happened in the Windows Vista security land lately:

• Microsoft Live OneCare Antivirus fails to protect,
• There is already an audio file exploit for Windows Vista
• The black market allegedly sells another Vista  exploit for $50.000
• Russian hackers post instructions to escalate your privileges while running Vista

Microsoft's own antivirus software, Live OneCare, is not capable to fully shield Vista users against viruses, and one of security firm McAfee's antivirus software packages also fails to protect users, according to independent research released Friday.

Microsoft is inspecting public reports of a probable vulnerability in Windows Vista’s speech recognition feature. Microsoft’s initial investigation discloses that this vulnerability could allow an attacker to use the speech recognition feature in Windows Vista to verbally execute commands on a user’s computer.

Late last year, a skilled hacker who goes by the name “Muslix64” circumvented the copy protection system used to protect HD DVD.
Given the resemblances between the copy protection methods used in the high-definition optical formats, it was only a matter of time before Blu-ray Disc’s protections would be evaded.

Microsoft's security response team has launched an analysis into reports of a zero-day attack against a previously unknown vulnerability affecting its ubiquitous Microsoft Word.

IObit has released the new version of Advanced WindowsCare Personal, a free and powerful Windows tool that examines and fixes Windows problems, guards users from spyware and from threats to their privacy, all the while tuning up Windows system to the peak performance. The latest version can work fully compatible with Windows Vista and provides multi-language support, such as English, Dutch, Danish and etc.

PC Tools, the team which develops Spyware Doctor is scheduling to release free editions of its security software PC Tools Firewall Plus and PC Tools AntiVirus in a bid to, well, release some free software.

With Version 6.0 of its remote access system, Citrix introduces new features and cuts down prices.Citrix released a new version of its online remote-working system, GoToMyPC, and slashed its price by more than half.

Botnet programs and other malicious software largely take aim at PCs running the Microsoft Windows operating system, because Windows’ ubiquity makes it fertile ground for network-based attacks.

Underground hackers are selling zero-day exploits for Microsoft's new Windows Vista operating system at $50,000 a pop, according to computer security researchers at Trend Micro.

The Windows Vista exploit—which has not been separately verified—was just one of many zero-days available for sale at an auction-style market broken into by the Tokyo-based anti-virus vendor.