tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7347279.post5754926962690344037..comments2023-08-26T05:04:33.009-04:00Comments on anti-virus rants: a whitelist user's perspective on windows updatekurt wismerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03810635947269551517noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7347279.post-176074443234416872010-06-19T10:58:38.278-04:002010-06-19T10:58:38.278-04:00even if that were possible i still wouldn't do...even if that were possible i still wouldn't do it for the same reason i haven't added the lion's share of applications on my system to the whitelist. <br /><br />if i whitelist applications that give no indication as to when they are running then i'll no longer know when they are being run - especially if they're being run by something malicious which doesn't itself trigger an application whitelisting alert because it's not recognized as an application. <br /><br />applications that run silently, and especially those that are involved in the installation of software, are those that i would never add to my whitelist regardless of whether they're signed by microsoft because doing so would allow them to be reused maliciously without my knowledge.<br /><br />generally speaking i whitelist the things that need to run as part of the bootup process as well as the applications i use everyday just for the sake of convenience.kurt wismerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03810635947269551517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7347279.post-42795324721131864652010-06-19T04:02:37.071-04:002010-06-19T04:02:37.071-04:00Well, it would have been useful if you could tell ...Well, it would have been useful if you could tell the whitelisting software to whitelist everything digitally signed by Microsoft...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com