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Re:Microsoft points finger at the EU for not being able to l... by 1over137 on Sunday July 21, 2024 @10:18PM (#41030335)
Are you sure "Microsoft is responsible for that design"? Do we know Cloudstrike didn't choose to do it in-kernel even though there was another way they could have done it in userspace?
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Re:Microsoft points finger at the EU for not being able to l... by ochronus on Sunday July 21, 2024 @11:56PM (#41030808)
Yes, as in: allowing (well, requiring?) drivers to run in kernel mode.
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Re:Microsoft points finger at the EU for not being able to l... by bongodongobob on Monday July 22, 2024 @09:13PM (#41041566)
It's AV though, if it didn't, it'd be useless.
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Re:Microsoft points finger at the EU for not being able to l... by ochronus on Tuesday July 23, 2024 @12:06AM (#41042407)
In the current architecture, yes. What I'm saying is that architecture is wrong.
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