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Other => General Topics => Topic started by: polonus on July 23, 2018, 11:21:23 AM

Title: local-machine lock-down Microsoft explains their lower scores in av-test
Post by: polonus on July 23, 2018, 11:21:23 AM
L.S.

Read: https://cloudblogs.microsoft.com/microsoftsecure/2018/07/20/march-april-2018-test-results-more-insights-into-industry-av-tests/
Less advanced contextual information at MS (website origin- signatures) to get Windows Defender lower in the charts?
How should we read their excuses? Can someone explain?

polonus (volunteer 3rd party cold reconnaissance website security analyst and website error-hunter)
Title: Re: local-machine lock-down Microsoft explains their lower scores in av-test
Post by: bob3160 on July 23, 2018, 03:04:22 PM
My simple interpretation is that Defender is better than not having anything.
For better protection, replace it with something else like Avast. :)
Title: Re: local-machine lock-down Microsoft explains their lower scores in av-test
Post by: polonus on July 24, 2018, 07:56:57 AM
Hi bob3160,

In a Microsoft's Windows house "full of reflecting mirrors,
there is not very much room for transparency".


This could be one of the reasons for issues with the av test,
and also the recent problems with incomplete patches for Big Blue (Internet Explorer).
Well problems with backwards compatibility in general.

Microsoft for all things is a "forward driven marketing machine per se".
Not too many eyes on the ball there as it seems.

Read: https://blog.xot.nl/2018/06/04/transparency-is-the-perfect-cover-up-if-the-sun-does-not-shine/

polonus