Interviewed by CNN on 30/01/2013 14:35, Rob told the world: > MCBastos <myemail@example.invalid> wrote: >> So... >> Antivirus: missed it >> Other antivirus: about 75% chance of missing it. >> Google Safe Browsing: missed it >> ISP spam filter: flagged it as spam, but did nothing else. Not that it >> helps much, since this particular filter has a high rate of false >> positives. One of the myriad reasons I'm migrating to another ISP... >> Seamonkey spam filter: missed it (probably because it had my full name) > > Filtering proxy looking at file type: would probably have caught it. > Software restriction policy at computer (AppLocker): would have caught it. > Operating as a nonprivileged user: would most likely have made the > malware fail to install in system directories.
Sure, those are fine tools, but some of them are not practical for most home users or small business. I mean, AppLocker is an Enterprise-level tool, and how many homes do you know that have *any kind* of proxy? Not to mention notebooks that connect to public wi-fi? And even so, you qualified your claims with "probably" and "likely". As I said, there are no absolute guarantees. There are no magical silver bullets that will kill *all* attacks, surely, with zero false positives. Every security tool must achieve a balance between the security it offers and its shortcomings. In the case of the Firefox blacklist, the choice between real-time blacklist checks and batch-downloaded updates has to consider the following: - Pro real-time checks: somewhat elevated security - con: privacy concerns, increased latency -- MCBastos This message has been protected with the 2ROT13 algorithm. Unauthorized use will be prosecuted under the DMCA. -=-=- ... Sent from my Odyssey2. * Added by TagZilla 0.7a1 running on Seamonkey 2.15 * Get it at http://xsidebar.mozdev.org/modifiedmailnews.html#tagzilla _______________________________________________ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
