MSAS 5775 update overdue

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nonsense.

Definition updates don't come out on a set schedule. Like beta builds, they
arrive "when they are ready.:"

Personally, I hope these will arrive when they can clean the Sony DRM
rootkit.

I don't think this is a very significant issue for the world at large, but
it's a very interesting issue for the antispyware world, and the legal and
philosophical underpinnings of that world. Competing vendors have already
taken a stand on the issue--I hope Microsoft will too.
(and I really hope that there aren't technical issues with the
now-long-in-the-tooth scanner that will prevent this.)
 
Interesting take, Bill;

Personally, I doubt that MSAS will ever clean the Sony DRM rootkit. I would
HOPE for DETECTION, however. As you pointed out in another post, "This is
definitely a highly sensitive area. In other messages in these
groups, or others, it has been pointed out that the DMCA - Digital
Millennium Copyright Act--makes it illegal to interfere with or remove copy
protection. One could construe removing Sony's rootkit as that--removing a
copy protection mechanism."

We have seen examples of this before in these very newsgroups, legality taking
precidence over funtionality. I can recall some Commercial Keyloggers NOT being
detected by MSAS. Unfortunatly, fear of litigation is the nature of the large
business model, and why I personally use another Anti-Spyware product as my main
detector/remover and Microsoft's as a backup. Until proven otherwise in
Windows® Defender, that will remain my working model.
 
i donot know wh~ it makes sense or not, secutiry issue is like a fast race.
Race between spyware makers and antispyware. Where Spywae is always ahead of
antispyware. update not in time can be disaster.

jain

Bill Sanderson said:
nonsense.

Definition updates don't come out on a set schedule. Like beta builds, they
arrive "when they are ready.:"

Personally, I hope these will arrive when they can clean the Sony DRM
rootkit.

I don't think this is a very significant issue for the world at large, but
it's a very interesting issue for the antispyware world, and the legal and
philosophical underpinnings of that world. Competing vendors have already
taken a stand on the issue--I hope Microsoft will too.
(and I really hope that there aren't technical issues with the
now-long-in-the-tooth scanner that will prevent this.)
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Even in a race, you have to do things carefully. A poorly conceived set of
definitions can cause more problems than the malware it is intended to fix.

I'm all for seeing a quick rev of definitions if there is something hot and
new, and they've got the detection and removal nailed, Otherwise, I think
Microsoft's patching experience shows that scheduled periodic updates leave
everybody a bit happier.
 
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