McAfee Finds Windows Live OneCare... Amusing
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| In an initial series of bulk-detection tests in February 2007, Windows
| Live OneCare came in dead last. The evaluation involved on-demand scanning
| of a collection of malicious items and it is in fact an assessment of the
| virus signature definitions. But while OneCare failed the initial test,
| Microsoft's antivirus did perform a tad better in a subsequent
| retrospective/proactive test at the end of May, also courtesy of
| AV-Comparatives.
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| Joe Telafici, director of operations at McAfee's Avert labs, found amusing
| the fact that the latest AV-Comparatives' evaluation was interpreted as a
| positive sign for Windows Live OneCare, arguing that the two separate
| analysis cannot stand comparison. "Unfortunately, these are two completely
| different kinds of tests, so this is kind of like comparing apples and
| hammers," Telafici stated.
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| While the first tests were designed to measure the accuracy virus signature
| definitions, the latter were focused on "the ability of the products to
| detect new malware. In other words, these are samples they could not
| possibly have written signatures for, because they did not exist at the
| time the signatures were written.
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http://news.softpedia.com/news/McAfee-Finds-Windows-Live-OneCare-Amusing-56663.shtml
Security issues that are persistent are used as a weapon to fool Windows
users, who are overwhelmed by Windows zombie spewage (SPAM):
Beware of fake Microsoft security alerts
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| This Trojan software then attempts to reach out to other computers
| on the Internet in order to install more programs on the victim's
| computer.
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20070609/tc_infoworld/89242
SPAM seem to be rising over here, despite that high profile arrest of a
Windows botmaster.
Related:
Hackers hijack Windows Update's downloader
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| Hackers are using Windows Updates' file transfer component to sneak
| malicious code downloads past firewalls, Symantec researchers said
| Thursday.
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| The Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS) is used by
| Microsoft's operating systems to deliver patches via Windows
| Update. BITS, which debuted in Windows XP and is baked into
| Windows Server 2003 and Windows Vista, is an asynchronous file
| transfer service with automatic throttling -- so downloads
| don't impact other network chores. It automatically resumes
| if the connection is broken.
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20070510/tc_infoworld/88424;_ylt=AmG6tVfakzdyOhladyyKQMYjtBAF
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