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QuickTime, Picasa, OpenOffice all avoid simple security procedures

Posted on July 7, 2010 at 05:12 CDT by woody • Comment in the Forums

I just posted an article on my InfoWorld Tech Watch blog that may be of interest.

It’s quite disheartening to see how many common software packages don’t use even the simplest system-level antimalware protection.

Windows News application protection, ASLR, DEP

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