Windows defense handcuffs good guys: “
Microsoft’s
PatchGuard is designed to keep out malicious code. Security firms
complain it’s keeping them at bay, but not intruders.
“PatchGuard is hurting security vendors more than it is hurting malware
writers,” Bruce McCorkendale, a chief engineer at Symantec, told CNET
News.com in an interview Wednesday. “There are types of security
policies and next-generation security products that can only work
through some of the mechanisms that PatchGuard prohibits.
writers,” Bruce McCorkendale, a chief engineer at Symantec, told CNET
News.com in an interview Wednesday. “There are types of security
policies and next-generation security products that can only work
through some of the mechanisms that PatchGuard prohibits.
Aha. Now we know why Symantec is dinging Vista, it threatens their business. Got it.
