Microsoft’s EMET Protects Apps Better Than Windows 10, Researcher Says

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While packed with a load of new security features, Window 10 doesn’t offer some of the additional protections that Microsoft’s Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit (EMET) brings, CERT vulnerability analyst Will Dormann warns.

Released in 2009, EMET was meant to provide mitigation against certain zero-day software vulnerabilities, filling a gap created by the release of major Windows versions 3-4 years after one another.

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