[FFmpeg-devel] sws support xyz input floors MS Antivirus Program

[Paul B Mahol]

On 5/6/13, Jan Ehrhardt <phpdev at ehrhardt.nl> wrote:
> Nicolas George in gmane.comp.video.ffmpeg.devel (Mon, 6 May 2013
> 14:43:56 +0200):
>>I already made the second point, you missed it: by crashing MSE
>> harmlessly,
>>ffmpeg is making the users' boxes more secure, not less.
>
> I did not miss it. Given that it will not be clear to some users what
> causes the crash, I question the method. They will have an unprotected
> system for a while and, just because of that, will hesitate to download
> and install another virusscanner.
>
> My point: a system without any (active) virusscanner is less secure than
> a system with the vulnerable MSE up and running.

Having MSE up and running is like having no active/passive virusscanner
of any kind.