Microsoft does employ some sophisticated protection mechanisms in
Windows and IE but coverage of these methods is not 100%. For those
interested here's how the recent exploit of IE went down.
From the folks who discovered it <http://www.fireeye.com/blog/?p=5312>
and some detail about how one of the protection mechanisms ASLR (Address
Space Layout Randomization) was bypassed.
<http://www.fireeye.com/blog/technical/cyber-exploits/2013/10/aslr-bypass-apocalypse-in-lately-zero-day-exploits.html>
It's all too sneaky for me.
Chuck Norcutt
On 5/5/2014 11:58 AM, Ken Norton wrote:
Moose-On-The-Edge wrote:
And yet ... You have reported far more trouble with apparent viruses,
malware and apparent OS failures here than I have ever encountered. I
switched from various other antivirus solutions to MS Security Essentials
shortly after it became available. I also use a firewall and run
malwarebytes occasionally.
Microsoft has enough at risk that they do take threats seriously. This
isn't 1998 any more. Exploder isn't nearly as bad as the reputation
holds it as. Frankly, I've had far more problems, issues and virus
attacks through Firefox than I have through Explorer. To each his/her
own, but frankly, everything gets nailed once in a while. Just choose
two systems to work with and use one until an uncorrected attack is
identified and switch over to the other. Just go back and forth.
The two mega-giant corporations I've worked for this year both ban
Firefox on computers because of security flaws. We are able to only
use it selectively and have our systems targeted for extra virus
scans.
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