Trend Micro Banned Anti-Rootkit App Banned by Microsoft

Digerati · May 28, 2020

Wowsers!

Microsoft blocks Trend Micro code at center of driver 'cheatware' storm from Windows 10, rootkit detector product pulled from site

Trend Micro Rootkit Buster scanner app banned after cheating on Microsoft's driver certification test - MSPoweruser

Trend Micro has been discovered cheating on Microsoft’s kernel driver security test suite.

Apparently, Trend Micro designed the program to detect if Microsoft's certification test was evaluating the program. If testing was detected, the Trend Micro program altered its methods specifically to pass the certification test - Volkswagen style. If no test was detected, the program would use methods that would fail Microsoft's testing parameters.

If you recall, Volkswagen intentionally inserted code in its cars' computers that would detect if emissions testing was being conducted on the car. If detected, the car's computer would alter the engine's pollution controls to pass the test. If no testing was detected, the computer would default to a higher performance but greater polluting (and emissions test failing) configuration. Volkswagen was fined $billions and one of the their executives was even jailed. Trend Micro's program is blacklisted and will not install on Windows 10 systems. I doubt anyone will be convicted of a crime and jailed, but someone should surely be fired and blacklisted from any future executive jobs in any security firm.

Wrench97 · May 28, 2020

And those Bosh engineers(VW Dieselgate) thought they would never work again............................guess they found jobs in the security arena :)

A Guy · May 29, 2020

Mein Gott, wie haben sie uns wiedergefunden ?? !!

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Trend Micro Banned Anti-Rootkit App Banned by Microsoft

Digerati

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Wrench97

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Trend Micro Banned Anti-Rootkit App Banned by Microsoft

Digerati

ModeratorHardware ExpertMicrosoft MVP (Ret.)

Wrench97

Administrator, Hardware Expert

A Guy

Righteous Dude

Moderator
Hardware Expert
Microsoft MVP (Ret.)