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It's possible you don't see random toolbars and malware now because Defender works. Microsoft could be smarter and offer default exclusions for some things.
by mkr-hn 6y ago
It's possible you don't see random toolbars and malware now because Defender works. Microsoft could be smarter and offer default exclusions for some things.
- mmis1000 6y agoBut even file type that you think it is pretty safe (jpg, wav and some other media foramt) can abuse parser bug in viewers / explore.exe to result in code execution. And how do you prevent the malware just name its .js as .jpg and execute it with some interpreter? Some interpreters definitively don't care about file extensions.
- Demiurge 6y agoIf that was the default, wouldn’t it be immediately exploited?