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Why does AV software not have a secure checksum-based whitelist? It is not as if Microsoft keeps the important system files secret.
by Daniel_Newby 17y ago
Why does AV software not have a secure checksum-based whitelist? It is not as if Microsoft keeps the important system files secret.
- jxcole 17y agoFor that matter, why didn't they test this on at least one machine before releasing it? Is it not standard to have a release process that includes testing?
- adamsmith 17y agoNot to mention incremental roll outs, which would have caught this problem before it hit every win xp machine.
- zmmmmm 17y agoA guess: presumably whatever checksum they invent will have a severe risk that hackers will reverse engineer it and then devote their vast botnets to manufacturing virii that give the same checksum thus handing them even more control.
- Daniel_Newby 17y agoThere are secure hash algorithms and message authentication codes that are extremely secure.