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<blockquote data-quote="ForgottenSeer 58943" data-source="post: 785087"><p>It's pretty obvious who is running Malwarebytes now.. The marketing shills.</p><p></p><p>Before everyone gets their panties all bunched up let me point out that this article is a pile of FUD. Everyone keeps saying 'I hear there is' or 'rumor has it'. But the fact remains, there isn't any malware out there that can directly infect ChromeOS itself. The article referenced above doesn't even provide any measurable evidence of malware for ChromeOS.</p><p></p><p>So, what's the threat vectors for ChromeOS? As of yet, none, <u>speaking of the OS itself.</u> What are 'potential' vectors? Only two;</p><p></p><p>1) Installing bad extensions. In which case, they are still isolated in ChromeOS and contained to the browser sandbox process. The worst case, it can infiltrate your browsing experience. Solution: Don't install extensions or be careful of the extensions you do install. Done. Problem solved.</p><p></p><p>2) Allowing Googleplay for Chrome OS. However I will carefully point out that Android Malware DOES NOT equal ChromeOS malware. In more cases than not (roughly 99%), that malware is coded to impact Android Phones/Tablets and has no functionality in ChromeOS itself. However it can do 'things' within the Android Container isolated from ChromeOS since it doesn't have any access to ChromeOS user space it's irrelevant in most cases.</p><p></p><p>In all cases illustrated, we still have no evidence of any actual ChromeOS malware in existence unless someone can present one, and demonstrate it hijacking a ChromeOS itself (not browser, not android emulation) Laptop in video format, without disabling Verified Boot, etc. Companies like Malwarebytes are sustained by a constant flow of vulnerable operating systems and fearmongering. ChromeOS and other more secured OS's present a viable, real-time threat to Malwarebytes declining presence in the world.</p><p></p><p>PS: Look at the comments on that article. MBAM is getting savaged because really, the article amounts to lies.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ForgottenSeer 58943, post: 785087"] It's pretty obvious who is running Malwarebytes now.. The marketing shills. Before everyone gets their panties all bunched up let me point out that this article is a pile of FUD. Everyone keeps saying 'I hear there is' or 'rumor has it'. But the fact remains, there isn't any malware out there that can directly infect ChromeOS itself. The article referenced above doesn't even provide any measurable evidence of malware for ChromeOS. So, what's the threat vectors for ChromeOS? As of yet, none, [U]speaking of the OS itself.[/U] What are 'potential' vectors? Only two; 1) Installing bad extensions. In which case, they are still isolated in ChromeOS and contained to the browser sandbox process. The worst case, it can infiltrate your browsing experience. Solution: Don't install extensions or be careful of the extensions you do install. Done. Problem solved. 2) Allowing Googleplay for Chrome OS. However I will carefully point out that Android Malware DOES NOT equal ChromeOS malware. In more cases than not (roughly 99%), that malware is coded to impact Android Phones/Tablets and has no functionality in ChromeOS itself. However it can do 'things' within the Android Container isolated from ChromeOS since it doesn't have any access to ChromeOS user space it's irrelevant in most cases. In all cases illustrated, we still have no evidence of any actual ChromeOS malware in existence unless someone can present one, and demonstrate it hijacking a ChromeOS itself (not browser, not android emulation) Laptop in video format, without disabling Verified Boot, etc. Companies like Malwarebytes are sustained by a constant flow of vulnerable operating systems and fearmongering. ChromeOS and other more secured OS's present a viable, real-time threat to Malwarebytes declining presence in the world. PS: Look at the comments on that article. MBAM is getting savaged because really, the article amounts to lies. [/QUOTE]
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