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Windows Defender Antivirus can now run in a sandbox
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<blockquote data-quote="509322" data-source="post: 773089"><p>Microsoft didn't come up with this... it was negligent in the design of Windows Defender in the first place. Security researchers attacked Windows Defender, compromised it, pwned the system, and reported the exploit to Microsoft. Most notably Tavis Ormandy from Google's Project Zero. And Tavis told them they need to sandbox MsMpEng.exe. Researchers working for Microsoft verified and found additional ways.</p><p></p><p>"Microsoft says it started working on porting Windows Defender to a sandbox environment after "security researchers both inside and outside of Microsoft have previously identified ways that an attacker can take advantage of vulnerabilities in Windows Defender Antivirus's content parsers that could enable arbitrary code execution."</p><p></p><p>The most infamous of these researchers is Google's Tavis Ormandy, who identified several of these types of vulnerabilities, including one that he labeled "<a href="https://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-releases-emergency-patch-for-crazy-bad-windows-zero-day-bug/" target="_blank">crazy bad</a>.""</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="509322, post: 773089"] Microsoft didn't come up with this... it was negligent in the design of Windows Defender in the first place. Security researchers attacked Windows Defender, compromised it, pwned the system, and reported the exploit to Microsoft. Most notably Tavis Ormandy from Google's Project Zero. And Tavis told them they need to sandbox MsMpEng.exe. Researchers working for Microsoft verified and found additional ways. "Microsoft says it started working on porting Windows Defender to a sandbox environment after "security researchers both inside and outside of Microsoft have previously identified ways that an attacker can take advantage of vulnerabilities in Windows Defender Antivirus's content parsers that could enable arbitrary code execution." The most infamous of these researchers is Google's Tavis Ormandy, who identified several of these types of vulnerabilities, including one that he labeled "[URL='https://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-releases-emergency-patch-for-crazy-bad-windows-zero-day-bug/']crazy bad[/URL]."" [/QUOTE]
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