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Why are we even messing with anything other than WD these days?
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<blockquote data-quote="Andy Ful" data-source="post: 888161" data-attributes="member: 32260"><p>[USER=62850]@danb[/USER],</p><p></p><p>Generally, I agree with you about the weaknesses of the standard security solutions (in the home or in the enterprises). If I would think otherwise, I would not develop several security tools. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite109" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p>But, I think that some of your statements might be misunderstood by readers.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Yes, you are right. It was not evident from the short article you posted, but it is clear after reading the full reference report "infocyte-Q2_2019_mid-market_threat_IR_report.pdf".</p><p>Thanks for pointing it out - I corrected my previous post.</p><p></p><p></p><p>In fact, the report shows that popular commercial solutions (AVs + ATP) are not especially efficient to protect enterprises. Of course, one can easily deduce that WD free cannot be a sufficient solution too.</p><p></p><p></p><p>The home users are immune to most of the enterprise attacks for several reasons:</p><ol> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Most enterprise attacks use exploits, that are already patched by Windows Updates on the home computers.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Many enterprise attacks propagate via the enterprise network, which is absent in the home environment.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Many home users do not use MS Office.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Many attacks on enterprises are targetted.</li> </ol><p>Anyway, some malwares that are used in the attacks on enterprises can be also (re)used in the widespread attacks (spam campaigns). So you are right - home users are not immune to them. Furthermore, the chances of nasty infections are much greater on not updated systems.</p><p></p><p></p><p><strong>We agree with the conclusion.</strong> I just tried to explain that the assumption about SmartScreen was not precise and might be misguiding for many people. Simply the most popular and dangerous attacks are not related to SmartScreen protection. The SmartScreen does not cover (and never was intended to cover) exploits, scripts (except .jse, .vbe) and fileless attacks.<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite109" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite130" alt="(y)" title="Thumbs up (y)" loading="lazy" data-shortname="(y)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Andy Ful, post: 888161, member: 32260"] [USER=62850]@danb[/USER], Generally, I agree with you about the weaknesses of the standard security solutions (in the home or in the enterprises). If I would think otherwise, I would not develop several security tools. :) But, I think that some of your statements might be misunderstood by readers. Yes, you are right. It was not evident from the short article you posted, but it is clear after reading the full reference report "infocyte-Q2_2019_mid-market_threat_IR_report.pdf". Thanks for pointing it out - I corrected my previous post. In fact, the report shows that popular commercial solutions (AVs + ATP) are not especially efficient to protect enterprises. Of course, one can easily deduce that WD free cannot be a sufficient solution too. The home users are immune to most of the enterprise attacks for several reasons: [LIST=1] [*]Most enterprise attacks use exploits, that are already patched by Windows Updates on the home computers. [*]Many enterprise attacks propagate via the enterprise network, which is absent in the home environment. [*]Many home users do not use MS Office. [*]Many attacks on enterprises are targetted. [/LIST] Anyway, some malwares that are used in the attacks on enterprises can be also (re)used in the widespread attacks (spam campaigns). So you are right - home users are not immune to them. Furthermore, the chances of nasty infections are much greater on not updated systems. [B]We agree with the conclusion.[/B] I just tried to explain that the assumption about SmartScreen was not precise and might be misguiding for many people. Simply the most popular and dangerous attacks are not related to SmartScreen protection. The SmartScreen does not cover (and never was intended to cover) exploits, scripts (except .jse, .vbe) and fileless attacks.:) (y) [/QUOTE]
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