ADVISER Monday, Mar 31, 2008 WILL A WHITELIST SAVE PERSONAL COMPUTING? I've previously written about how traditional anti-virus programs are finally outliving their usefulness as a preventative measure. Server-side polymorphic malware programs and malicious programs using custom, unscannable packers are making static anti-virus scanners less and less accurate. Using all sorts of tricks, malware writers are making millions of seemingly "unique" (although they aren't) programs a year. I'm not sure we have millions of legitimate program executables in a given year. When unique malicious programs outnumber unique legitimate programs, it makes sense to have a whitelisting program. A whitelist is a collection of legitimate approved values (for example, DNS entries, program names, e-mail domains, and so on) that are allowed to interact with your computer or network. A client-side, whitelisting program would intercept all new downloads and allow only previously approved content to execute or load. Read more: 08-03-31 Sponsor ENHANCE YOUR SITE WITH THE LATEST ADVANCEMENT IN SSL - EV Extended Validation (EV) is the latest in SSL and is the most visible sign of online security. Customers will know your site is legitimate and their transactions are secure with the EV green address bar, visible to users of high-security browsers. Get best of breed EV SSL from VeriSign. DAILY NEWS, DELIVERED TO YOUR COMPUTER, MP3 PLAYER OR CELL PHONE The InfoWorld Daily podcast provides readers with news and features that shape the world of enterprise IT. Tom Sullivan reports on the leading news and events that shape the today's IT community. To advertise, contact ARTICLES If you do not wish to continue to receive this article, go to: Contact Customer Service at: To view InfoWorld's privacy policy, visit: Copyright (C) 2007 InfoWorld Media Group. 501 Second St., San Francisco, CA 94107

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