Guest post by “As browser-based exploits and specifically JavaScript malware have shouldered their way to the top of the list of threats, browser vendors have been scrambling to find effective defenses to protect users. Few have been forthcoming, but Microsoft Research has developed a new tool called Zozzle that can be deployed in the browser and can detect JavaScript-based malware at a very high effectiveness rate.”
Whats the chance we’ll be seeing this plugin on other browers?
There’s also a Firefox a plugin called No-Script.
But some websites need javascript to function correctly.
I started pondering over the true interest of their work when I saw this:
Seems like a lost battle, just like it is as to the desktop virus battle.
In the paper linked to in the article above, Microsoft Research claims a false positive rate at “a fraction of 1%”.
Unfortunately, without knowing exactly what fraction of 1% they’re talking about, we won’t know whether the average user sees a false positive every few minutes, every few hours, or every few days…