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Microsoft Beta Includes Built-in Virus Scanner
Ethereal writes "InternetNews.com reports that Microsoft has begun beta-testing a built-in virus scanner for its Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2) that will be included in the final product in mid-2004. The tool is among the operating system enhancements the Redmond, Wash., company is developing as part of its Security Center initiative to rebuff viruses, worms, trojans and crackers. Microsoft will also provide free online training to help developers make the most of SP2's security features, Chairman Bill Gates said at today's RSA Security conference. It's the first time the company has offered training with a Windows service pack release."
You install the software, boot it for the first time, run its virus scanner, which uninstalls said software. Nice, Huh?
Error! Error! entire system has holes in it for potential viruses. Please change operating systems or send us money immediately!
... Microsoft will be including a scanner which can scan for viruses which get in through security holes in their OS?
Ow. I think I just broke my brain.
Microsoft Beta Includes Built-in Virus Scanner
Time to dump your McAfee and Simantec stock as fast as possible.
Isn't that a brilliant scam? (1) Microsoft messes up and makes virus- and worm-prone products. (2) A whole industry develops around the Microsoft flaws like mold on cheese, (3) Microsoft takes over the Microsoft-problem-solving industry.
Brilliant, just brilliant. These guys never cease to amaze me.
"A door is what a dog is perpetually on the wrong side of" - Ogden Nash
"Holy fucking shit fuck!"
Sort of like double bagging...
You could use two, it might make you marginally safer, but that just ain't gonna feel quite right...
-- John.
In order for Linux to remain competitive we should also start bundling some linux A/V software with our distributions. To facilitate this I have included the source for a feature rich virus detecter and removal program for Linux.
#include
#include
int
main(int argc, char **argv)
{
int i;
printf("scanning");
for (i = 0; i 8; i++)
{
sleep(1);
printf(".");
}
printf("\nSCAN COMPLETE, YOUR COMPUTER IS VIRUS FREE.\n");
return 0;
}
That's right ! Damn those operating systems that can run software !
You do realise the vast majority of viruses exploit nothing more than user gullibility, and that the "code" between the keyboard and the chair is outside of Microsoft's control, right ?
why do I have this sneaking suspicion you're not referring to groceries?
There was Cowboy Neal at the wheel of a bus to never-ever land.
Yea, who would do something stupid like subscription operating system updates?
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Use Vobbo for Video Blogs
I think its a GOOD thing Microsoft makes Operating Systems. It keeps their minds off trying to build airplanes.....
- Minutus cantorum, minutus balorum, minutus carborata descendum pantorum.
{Little Explosive Icon}
This program has not been signed by Microsoft!
It may be a virus...
{Why Microsoft Signing is important link}
(Button "Delete") (Button "Cancel" that ends whole virus scan) (Button "Invite Auditor")
Innocent people shouldn't be forced to pay for inferior software development.
--"Code Complete" Microsoft Press