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By the Betanews Staff | Published July 10, 2007, 11:39 AM
Microsoft on Tuesday took the wraps off what it calls version 1 of its new Malware Protection Center Portal. The site offers a malware encyclopedia for investigating threats, downloads of Microsoft's latest antivirus and anti-spyware signatures, listings of the top threats and other tools.
In addition, Microsoft has begun publishing a Security Intelligence Report that provides an in-depth look at software vulnerabilities. The effort to create the site comes as part of Microsoft's initiative to make its security division more open and public-facing. In addition, the company is encouraging customers to upload samples of files they think are infected, which could aid in protecting others. Feedback on the site can be sent to Microsoft here.
If it says Microsoft, there's always that one person who adds negativity or says something just to be negative.
case in the point the one comment on the new vista hardware assessment tool
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You mean the one in the Vista Hardware Tool assessment article?
...or did I miss one here?
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Wow. The trolls are out en-masse today.
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Hey, when the fishin's good...
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The fishin's always good here. :p
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LOL. horribly buggy software maker releases a Malware Protection web site. ROFLMAO!!!!!!!!!
And they try to push their crappy products on you. Products which have been rated near the bottom of the AV pile too. this is great!
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I just uploaded their Genuine Advantage Validation Tool. Ha Ha
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The sad thing is microsoft should of been doing this from day 1. But other companies realized how important security was, made a whole lot of money and now microsoft wants a piece of it. The sad thing is now it just looks like microsoft purposely makes its os unsecure so it can sell security side of it.
I mean the sad thing is, microsoft is not good at securing its own os. To prove that the antivirus security suite they offer is horrible compared to others on the market. Now if you have access to code other security vendors can only dream of, why can't you make a security suite that blows third party people away? Is it lack of intelligence? Is it something else?
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Most people would argue with you and say that MS has done a good job so far with Vista security. Furthermore, many of their security initiatives have been deemed excessive. For example, bit locker has been challenged (I know it's not internet security). Another example was portions of code which should/shouldn't be in the kernel which caused Symantec, McAfee, et al to get upset because it would make it difficult to sell their products.
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CRN Magazine did a study in May, and found Vista security only MARGINALLY better than that of XP. CRN being aimed at those selling to the public certainly has no axe to grind, in fact, it would have been great for them to report how much more secure Vista is.
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What do you mean by "Now if you have access to code other security vendors can only dream of,"? I was under the impression that the division that makes OneCare *does not* have direct access to the code due to antitrust issues.
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I wonder how much of that margin depends on leaving UAC on, something a lot of people end up turning off out of frustration.
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That's very cute. After giving you the swiss cheese OS, now they give you a pair of glasses to see through it.
Or, if you didn't get that, after you serving you a world of possibilities with ill-thought of apps and an OS that allows for almost anything, now they also give you a way to monitor the problem they offer you.
Brilliant Microsoft. I can't think of too many companies that give you a security challenged platform and then wants to sell you the antivirus to protect you from their products. Genius, I tell you!
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Apple Osx had more fixes then Xp did... so who has swiss cheese now?
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XP, which would you rather have? a system with more fixes and less vulnerabilities or one with less fixes and more vulnerabilities?. The main reason XP is swiss cheese is partly because it's closed source and partly because it's the most used. While I love OSX, Desktop-wise XP is the most used amongst companies and general users. OSX is the most used in publishing and art related industries, and Linux is the most used for servers and other areas where security is paramount.
Since XP and OSX are both closed source, and thus both of them have smaller amounts of QA then an Open Sourced system. It's safer to say that BOTH XP and OSX have more critical issues then an open source system.
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