Windows 8 security protection still has a long way to go

Sophos claims that Windows 8 provides anti-virus programs for everyone, and does not protect computer users well. Windows8 anti-virus has a long time. The road is going.
Sophos is a well-known anti-virus company in the UK and has been committed to providing security protection for businesses. Given that Microsoft has always said that Windows 8 will have built-in security software. Recently, Chester Wisniewski, a mid-level security consultant in Sophos Canada, conducted a series of anti-virus tests on the Windows 8 platform. Chester Wisniewski tested the Windows Defender built into Windows 8 with the basic EICAR file. Disappointingly, Windows Defender is not correct. The malicious file was intercepted, Chester Wisniewski criticized, "I am confused about the performance of Windows 8, and I want to know if Windows 8 can provide real security protection. & rdquo; In addition to this, Chester Wisniewski also complained that Windows 8 provides too few virus warnings.

Chester Wisniewski also with real virus samples tested, but Windows8 detected only 50% of which, after re-detect whether Windows8 time cross-platform virus detection capabilities, built-in security software Windows8 succeeded Detected, Linux viruses pretending to be under Windows and Mac. And Defender's security record was successfully recorded and a warning was issued.
Although Windows 8 is not perfect, Wisniewski forgives it. Because Windows 8 is not a finished product, there is still a huge room for improvement. Although it can't issue a virus warning very accurately, we also saw that Microsoft is working on detecting malware on three platforms. This is what we hope. .
Microsoft is now improving Defender that comes with Windows 8. It hopes to update the digital certificate of malware through Windows Update. At that time, Defender will not only contain real-time monitoring of soft killing, but also filter through the file system. In conjunction with the "Safe Boot" technology, Windows 8 users who enable UEFI will be able to use hardware level protection.
In addition, Microsoft also hopes to use the IE browser's "SmartScreen" function for the entire Windows 8 system, so that Windows 8 can block malware by checking programs and connections.