Re: WinXP SP2 comments (was: Internet explorer 6 execution of arbitrary code)

[Nils Ketelsen <nils () druecke strg-alt-entf org>]

On Mon, Jun 07, 2004 at 01:11:37AM -0400, Poof wrote:

> Well, the "Security Center" will only detect your firewall/antivirus if the
> program tells Windows that it's protecting your computer. (New API Microsoft
> did... Many companies are using it now.)

Ohh, then I can just write a program doing nothing but telling windows it
protects it to make this warning go away? Cool. There will be many of these
out there when SP2 goes around. Maybe at $5 or so. Snakeoil at its best.
And even proves protection by making the windows warning go away.


Nils
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