Changing the Way We Fight Malware

  • 30 October 2014
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By Neil J. Rubenking  30/10/2014 
http://im.ziffdavisinternational.com/t/pcmag_uk/opinion/c/changing-the-way-we-fight-malware/changing-the-way-we-fight-malware_pjeq.640.jpgMicrosoft is sitting on an absolute gold mine of information. The Malicious Software Removal Tool (MSRT) running on billions of computers worldwide and every Windows Update process sends a ton of non-personal telemetry back to Microsoft Central. This data could help antivirus companies and academic researchers develop better ways to fight malware. In a keynote speech for the 9th IEEE International Conference on Malicious and Unwanted Software (Malware 2014 for short), Microsoft's Dennis Batchelder explained just what the software giant plans to do with all that data—and it's not what you might expect.
 
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Very interesting thought, especially when one considers what Webroot has built with its meagre in comparison to Microsoft resources, in the shape of the WIN. Justbthinkmwhat Microsoft could do with all that information, eh?

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