tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7347279.post3661217388267522761..comments2023-08-26T05:04:33.009-04:00Comments on anti-virus rants: possible downsides to morrokurt wismerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03810635947269551517noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7347279.post-58664494489941540032008-11-21T02:26:00.000-05:002008-11-21T02:26:00.000-05:00"MSRT has a very limited scope and is primarily a ..."MSRT has a very limited scope and is primarily a recovery tool, not a protection tool..."<BR/><BR/>Yes, that's what I'm getting at: if the MS AV products gets that kind of distribution, it will play catchup (detecting many strains of malware <I>after</I> they've already executed - because malware authors will make sure that their creations are not detected beforehand), so it will essentially be a cleanup product.<BR/><BR/>From a psychological point of if it is an other matter (because most users don't know about the MSRT but know about their AV software).Cd-MaNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05030326541176171725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7347279.post-92113411474426147312008-11-20T10:46:00.000-05:002008-11-20T10:46:00.000-05:00"If they get some considerable marketshar, the peo..."If they get some considerable marketshar, the people behind malware will simply start to test their creation against it."<BR/><BR/>exactly, but that won't stop them from continuing to accumulate market share (it certainly didn't stop symantec)... <BR/><BR/>maybe (probably) the worst case scenario won't happen, maybe microsoft won't gobble up the entire consumer av market... but from a strategic point of view it's a possibility that must be considered or else we may not manage to avoid it...<BR/><BR/>"As for shipping with the OS: as you mentioned, they already do that with the MSRT, so from a technical perspective it wouldn't be all that different."<BR/><BR/>i disagree... MSRT has a very limited scope and is primarily a recovery tool, not a protection tool...kurt wismerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03810635947269551517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7347279.post-86831293314396198252008-11-20T00:34:00.000-05:002008-11-20T00:34:00.000-05:00I don't think that MS will make much of a dent in ...I don't think that MS will make much of a dent in the malware "scene". If they get some considerable marketshar, the people behind malware will simply start to test their creation against it.<BR/><BR/>As for shipping with the OS: as you mentioned, they already do that with the MSRT, so from a technical perspective it wouldn't be all that different. Of course it would be very different from a perception point of view.Cd-MaNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05030326541176171725noreply@blogger.com