Microsoft shows new anti-malware tool at Black Hat security conference

[FSOwner]

At the annual Black Hat computer-security conference today, Microsoft is showing off a new tool that can allow old software to get security fixes built for new programs.

The Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit (EMET) has its own user interface, showing all current processes and the available security fixes for them. A user can apply new vulnerability patches to old programs such as Internet Explorer 6, said Dave Forstrom, general manager for Microsoft's Trustworthy Computing group...

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[Samara]

You know I seem to find that viruses are still finding their way through even with all the virus protection. And creating all this virus protection stuff and addons for programs is only giving hackers new stuff. They'll find a way around it, they always do.