La software house che produce "Outpost Firewall Pro" (nb: da circa sei mesi lavoro per l'azienda che lo distribuisce in Italia) si dice preoccupata per le ultime mosse di Microsoft in tema di protezione del sistema operativo. Secondo Agnitum infatti la Kernel Patch Protection non solo non è infallibile, ma renderebbe più arduo il lavoro dei software di sicurezza non-Microsoft:
Research by Agnitum security experts has determined that, in practice, kernel patch protection does not prevent hackers from reverse engineering specific OS code areas to re-acquire the desired capabilities. While it does disable compatibility with future kernel versions, quality-assurance is not a big concern for most malware writers.
Inoltre, secondo l'azienda russa, Microsoft avrebbe tutto da guadagnarci:
The security experts at Agnitum believe this move by Microsoft is designed to force users to rely on Microsoft and only Microsoft for Windows security, removing the option to use third-party security solutions that, if past experience is anything to go by, are likely to be more robust and provide better protection than Microsoft offerings.
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