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I'm going to guess that this is also partially a consequence of Chrome's update strategy - presumably Microsoft has a bank of machines with commonly installed s
by hullo 15y ago
I'm going to guess that this is also partially a consequence of Chrome's update strategy - presumably Microsoft has a bank of machines with commonly installed software that they regression test malware updates with - but Chrome is updating so frequently and 'transparently' (i.e. different than most commonly installed software) that Microsoft's test framework wasn't prepared to deal with it, and chrome 11 or 9 or whatever is still passing with flying colors while 14 is getting zapped in the real world.
- barista 15y agoI didn't even know Microsoft had an antivirus. If it is flagging chrome as a virus then I am guessing its prbably giving other viruses a free ride :)
- alastairpat 15y agoMSE is an excellent antivirus programme, particularly given the price. As the article says, it shares its engine with Forefront Endpoint Protection, an enterprise solution used by thousands of businesses world-wide. This is a once-off mistake for an otherwise stellar programme - it happens to the best of us - and isn't indicative of the entire solution.
- JonnieCache 15y agoThe delta based in-place patching technique that chrome uses to update itself probably looks really fishy from the outside as well.
- vetinari 15y agoChrome does not update the running exe - it makes a new copy in another directory. Then the launcher checks for latest directory and runs that. Existing executables are not modified. Only created and deleted.