The Register has a nice article by Robert Lemos of SecurityFocus on how Microsoft is experimenting with computers equipped with XP in various patch configurations which search dubious portions of the Internet to find web sites which exploit previously unknown vulnerabilities to install unwanted software.
Though perhaps it could rightly be said in the past that MS didn't take the security of it's products seriously. It's been years since that could be said with any hint of truth to it, if ever. This seems like a relatively innovative effort to gain knowledge before exploits are widely employed. (And I'm sure that MS would love to avoid the publicity that independent researchers give to vulnerabilities by finding them before anyone else does and patching them with a minimum of fuss.) More power to them.
Jack
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