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Microsoft Releases Defender ATP for Linux

posted by chromas on Monday June 29 2020, @03:09PM   Printer-friendly
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upstart writes in with an IRC submission:

Microsoft releases Defender ATP for Linux:

On June 23, Microsoft released Microsoft Defender Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) for Linux for general use.

But before you get excited while you could use this on a Linux desktop, this version of ATP is not meant for the desktop. It's to protect Linux servers from server and network threats. If you want protection for your standalone desktop, you're better off with a such as ClamAV or Sophos Antivirus for Linux.

For sysadmins and security pros, Microsoft Defender Security Center is now available for monitoring and managing security across the full spectrum of enterprise desktop and server platforms -- Android, Windows, Windows Server, macOS, and Linux.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 30 2020, @01:47AM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 30 2020, @01:47AM (#1014330)

    ClamAV throws a hysteria attack for the slightest hint of a MS-built library (mono, etc). Like every single file. There is zero attempt to actually find malware. You cannot therefore see any threat is a sea of noise and screaming. Its a bit like a rock-converted (fossilized) tribolite yelling "dinosaur!" every time you look at it.
    Now MS.. I don't like their intrusion into the Linux space one bit. I guess in a way its their "way" of surrendering to the failure of their Windows product. "Linux is superior and so let's just absorb that." - their policy since year dot. But then whatever they touch, they smeg up. Big money is not good. Megacorps should be taxed 96% on gross to keep them in check.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 30 2020, @08:54AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 30 2020, @08:54AM (#1014433)

    Not used it for a couple of years, but ISTR it also disliking a large number of PE files, though to be fair to ClamAV, a number of commercial AV packages used to treat PE files as almost viruses, the devil's spawn, trust ye not this unholy executable...

    Haven't checked for a while..haven't run Windows for quite some time.