Socraweb

Microsoft set its policies on security concerning Windows on the slope and presents to make next week a new strategy Windows safelyer. The offering of patches works according to Microsoft not because consumers often too late their systems patchen.

The new strategy will self more direct on the protection of the borders within which Windows operates, either, Microsoft will more energy stick in the development of firewall and antivirussoftware. That report sources around Microsoft at socraweb.

Microsoft remains patches bring out for Windows, but this system no longer as 'first apologies line' will put in. As an addition on that will there strongly set-in become on the improvement of the standard protection of Windows, among many through more together with makers of firewallsoftware to work.

The new approach of the safeties problem of Windows is inspired by the recent problems with the MSBlast- and Slammer-worms. Stern Balmer, senior official of Microsoft, spoke is earlier this month already about “shield technology” that Microsoft at the developments, Windows-systems better against the wicked person outside world to protect. According to him, viruses will remain exist always, but they have to be able to become infect tegengehouden before they pc's.

The patchen of computers round such viruses and worms against to hold, is a technique that were not to be worked. With name large businesses have no time enough patches to install on the hundred, sometimes thousand computers that they manage.