Importance of Self Protection...

Hey Joe, do you agree with this:

" 'Self-protection' add-on modules are basically worthless, since once malware has taken control they simply become a war that can't be won and make the processor go into overdrive as a result, crippling the PC.

The only effective way to protect a system is to not operate as an Administrator (Limited/Restricted user) and use filing system protections to limit access to the core MSE files and services themselves, which they've already done. "

An MCC posted this on Microsoft Answers, and I cannot say I agree.

 

If anything its always fun to watch which piece of code wins the battle for control! When it doesn't freeze the system, that is...

 

I couldn't say it any better! http://www.webrootanywhere.com/sah_Settings.asp?n=Setting_self_protection

TH

 

There have been privilege escalation exploits in the past within Windows which have broken past the account based restrictions. Once code reaches the kernel level all bets are off, but if we can prevent it from doing damage higher, it's still worthwhile in my opinion.

The primary use for self protection, however, is to prevent users from disabling it or to prevent children from disabling protection, for example.

I don't see it going away any time soon from Webroot or other security software Microsoft even encourages it with several kernel interfaces added in to Vista+.

 

Well then, without naming names because that's not what I'm about, the MCC that said the quote either is not explaining what he means by "basically worthless" extensively enough, or he doesn't know as much as he claims to...

...it almost sounds like he's making an excuse for MSE so they don't have to get better, when in reality they do, very much so in fact, if they want their Windows 8 Defender full antimalware app to be worth its salt and not hacked up like a victim of Jason Voorhees.