Hackers use mind tricks more often than software skills to get viruses into computers--Microsoft.
IE's feedback made it clear that one of every 14 programs downloaded turned out to be malicious code--Microsoft
"Social-engineering attacks, like tricking a user into running a malicious program, are far more common than attacks on security vulnerabilities," Micrsoft SmartScreen program manager Jeb Haber said in a blog post,according to Economic Times
"SmartScreen" technology has blocked more than 1.5 billion attempts to slip "malware" into computers since version IE8 was released in March of 2009, according to Microsoft.
"User-downloaded malware is a huge problem and getting bigger," Haber said.
"Most people would be cautious about buying something online from a complete stranger," Haber said.
"Using reputation software helps protect users from newly released malware programs -- pretending to be legitimate software programs -- that are not yet detected by existing defense mechanisms," he added.
Source: ET
IE's feedback made it clear that one of every 14 programs downloaded turned out to be malicious code--Microsoft
"Social-engineering attacks, like tricking a user into running a malicious program, are far more common than attacks on security vulnerabilities," Micrsoft SmartScreen program manager Jeb Haber said in a blog post,according to Economic Times
"SmartScreen" technology has blocked more than 1.5 billion attempts to slip "malware" into computers since version IE8 was released in March of 2009, according to Microsoft.
"User-downloaded malware is a huge problem and getting bigger," Haber said.
"Most people would be cautious about buying something online from a complete stranger," Haber said.
"Using reputation software helps protect users from newly released malware programs -- pretending to be legitimate software programs -- that are not yet detected by existing defense mechanisms," he added.
Source: ET
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