Comment Re:It has to be said (Score 1) 320
[1] whatever number of machines microsoft uses to "crawl" the "seedier side of the web" , they will NEVER be able to crawl all of it, all the time.
Yes, because they're not set up to crawl some of the seedier IRC channels you see some untrustworthy figures hanging about and linking flamebait in. This must all be part of Microsoft's grand scheme to find a large excuse to download large amounts of porn.
[2] more often than not, the non-reported vulnerabilities ("0day") are NOT used to mass-attack random IP's. they are used in targeted attacks against specific machines.
generic /. anti-M$ comment: In Microsoft's case, I don't think "0day" is a good name for unreported vulns... you know, "1month" sounds a lot better to me.
[3] running VM's does not emulate all hardware of a machine, and therefore cannot accurately represent an end-user's scenario.
So, Microsoft will not, unfortunately, get the opportunity to say... HELP MY MOUSE IS MOVING BY IT SELF
Yes, because they're not set up to crawl some of the seedier IRC channels you see some untrustworthy figures hanging about and linking flamebait in. This must all be part of Microsoft's grand scheme to find a large excuse to download large amounts of porn.
[2] more often than not, the non-reported vulnerabilities ("0day") are NOT used to mass-attack random IP's. they are used in targeted attacks against specific machines.
generic
[3] running VM's does not emulate all hardware of a machine, and therefore cannot accurately represent an end-user's scenario.
So, Microsoft will not, unfortunately, get the opportunity to say... HELP MY MOUSE IS MOVING BY IT SELF
