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CrowdStrike was also responsible for Linux crashes https://www.theregister.com/AMP/2024/07/21/crowdstrike_linux_crashes_restoration_tools/ https://www.theregis
by scarface_74 2y ago
CrowdStrike was also responsible for Linux crashes
https://www.theregister.com/AMP/2024/07/21/crowdstrike_linux_crashes_restoration_tools/ https://www.theregister.com/AMP/2024/07/21/crowdstrike_linux...
Microsoft was forced to allow kernel access into Windows by third parties by the EU.
Over a decade ago, MS wanted to lock down the kernel. Anti virus vendors complained and the EU and MS came to an “understanding”
- pintxo 2y agoThey could have provided an API for it, such that anti virus could run in user-mode, no? The regulation was about that they - MS - cannot use something others - Anti-Virus Vendors - could not.
- scarface_74 2y agoIf it ran in user mode that meant any other program - including viruses - could easily tamper with it. Besides, antivirus software that ran in user mode couldn’t prevent boot time viruses. Of course your operating system vendor will always have access to kernel and increased permissions to do things that other software won’t have.