Felix, It's true this set of steps won't let anything else run; however, what exactly is going to occur the next time you are told that you have 3 updates waiting? Say two from GW, and one from someone else whose app you trust? What are you going to do?
You have no way of varifying whether they are infected or not. In our previous case, if you had decided that yes, you would trust anything from GW, you'd have received the tainted update. Unfortunately, all of us as computer users are exposed to this, and GW is no more and no less exposed. You could simply wait some long period of time, to see if any problems are reported, before allowing any updates to be applied (instead of your suggested steps I mean). No update can be run without your "ok" to install and run it, so if you were very upset by the idea you might get something tainted, keep an eye on the lists and don't be the first to apply updates. Since 99% of the time updates from GW have been fine, and very helpful, I will be one of those who will try them and report to others if there are problems; but it does help to remember that this is no different than our daily interaction with all types of programs, updates, or even web sites which we visit. Chip -----Original Message----- From: Felix G. [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Saturday, January 17, 2015 6:16 AM To: gw Subject: Re: app updates, is it safe now Hi, yes, Version 8.5.9 is good. To make sure only digitally signed apps will ever run, we can do the following: 1. In the Window-Eyes control Panel, go to Apps / App Management / App Manager. 2. Make sure the Checkbox "Show more Options" is checked. 3. Activate the "security" button. 4. Set the security Level to "allow only trusted apps." 5. In the list of apps, go to one from GW Micro. 6. Check the "Publisher trusted" Checkbox. (Repeat steps 5 and 6 for any other Publisher that you trust. Any other apps will not run.) 7. Activate the "OK" button. 8. Activate the "Close" button to Close App Manager. Now anything that hasn't been digitally signed by a trusted Publisher will not run. For example, this would have protected against the recent Problem. Kind regards, Felix Grützmacher If you reply to this message it will be delivered to the original sender only. If your reply would benefit others on the list and your message is related to GW Micro, then please consider sending your message to [email protected] so the entire list will receive it. GW-Info messages are archived at http://www.gwmicro.com/gwinfo. You can manage your list subscription at http://www.gwmicro.com/listserv. If you reply to this message it will be delivered to the original sender only. If your reply would benefit others on the list and your message is related to GW Micro, then please consider sending your message to [email protected] so the entire list will receive it. GW-Info messages are archived at http://www.gwmicro.com/gwinfo. You can manage your list subscription at http://www.gwmicro.com/listserv.
