Microsoft works on a system to tackle the threat of malware based on the use of artificial intelligence

One of the factors that most worries users and companies lately when it comes to computing is being able to have operating systems and programs and applications that are as secure as possible. Being 100% safe from infections and threats is impossible, but you can have a good level of protection if you have up-to-date equipment and a antivirus installed.

We have seen how, just over a month ago, the WannaCry ransomware caused a huge hole in the security of hundreds of companies, a problem that was repeated yesterday in part with a Petya variant.The threat is there, latent, which is why companies are increasingly putting more effort into putting effective solutions on the table. And that's what Microsoft wants to do, for which the American company is already working on the next generation of antivirus software based on the use of artificial intelligence.

A step for which it may be essential a new technology based on artificial intelligence that Microsoft already has after acquiring the Hexadite company , which worked on the development of automatic solutions when security problems were generated.

Cyberattacks are becoming more frequent and in the future they will be more destructive, taking advantage of weaknesses in the operating system, many of which are still unknown. So from Redmond they already have in mind how to try to put an end to this problem, something that we will see arrive with the Fall Creators Update at the end of the year.

Seeking to correct the threat from day zero

A version of Windows 10 that will include antivirus software based on artificial intelligence that will be able to detect the malware threat. And it will do so through an update coming to Windows Defender with features like Application Guard, Device Guard, and Exploit Guard. A system that is based on the learning carried out by more than 400 million computers based on Windows 10.

These are the words of Rob Lefferts, director of program management for Windows Enterprise and Security, for whom artificial intelligence is the ideal solution in security issues given that the attacks will become more and more powerful and sophisticated.

The system would be based on the use of the cloud so that when detecting a new threat the system is capable of developing an electronic signature that identifies the infected PCto then protect the rest of the teams.

This is an update that will arrive initially only for companies and businesses, sectors that, as we have seen, have shown to be of the most vulnerable. Later, this security based on the use of artificial intelligence would reach other users.

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