Star MSE's First Week: 4 Million Detections on 0.5 Million Machines
Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sat 17th Oct 2009 12:45 UTC
Windows A little over two weeks ago, Microsoft released Microsoft Security Essentials, a security software suite protecting users of Windows against malware and viruses. The company has released data about the number of downloads and fixed infections, and the results are encouraging.
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RE[3]: Same old, same old.
by gustl on Mon 19th Oct 2009 10:27 UTC in reply to "RE[2]: Same old, same old."
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And how is that being provided for the other systems?


Centralized repositories. Every package is cryptographically signed, and as the people behind the additional packages are the same as those behind the operating system, IF they would have wanted to screw you, they would already do it at installation of the base system. As they didn't do it then, it can be assumed they are trustworthy.

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