Microsoft fixes enterprise security tool after Google reports Chrome problems

From InfoWorld: Microsoft on Wednesday patched an enterprise security tool that had blocked some copies of Chrome from updating.

The Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit (EMET) "may have potential issues with the update functionality" of Google's Chrome and Adobe's Reader and Acrobat, Microsoft said.

EMET, a tool designed for enterprise IT, lets users manually enable important anti-exploit defenses in Windows like DEP (data execution prevention) and ASLR (address space layout randomization) for specific applications. It's often used to boost the security of older programs.

Microsoft also relies on EMET as a stop-gap in the face of active attacks. For example, in September Microsoft told Reader and Acrobat users to run the tool to fend off exploits some experts had called "scary."

Google noted the problem with Chrome on Tuesday in a blog post by a pair of its software engineers, who said EMET interfered with the browser's security and thwarted its usual silent updates.

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