RE: [Full-Disclosure] A suggestion to all AV vendors...

[bipin gautam <visitbipin@xxxxxxxxx>]

--- Simon Conant <sconant@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I was talking about  most poor dialup users (not
pros.) for whome windows update is not an option or
don't have a clue about security patches. (I don't
know, what a average user knowledge in usa is but
THINK GLOBALLY!)

 And for the MSBA thing, If you use it in a hardened
OS with SCRIPTING and other lot of stuffz disabled it
doesn't function at all!!!
 
MSBA was intended to harden security!!! But if you
INSTALL it in a PROPERLY HARDENED OS, it doesn't
WORK!!! NEITHER THE CMD LINE, NOR THE GUI!?

regards,
bipin

> Have you looked at MBSA?
> 
>
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/tools/mbsahome.mspx
> 
> Also, http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com
> 
> And don't forget, many viruses are NOT vuln-related
> but rather user
> (i.e. mass mailers requiring user action and no
> vuln). 
> 




                
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