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by blattimwind 2292 days ago
The problem here is actually that the scanning engine is running as SYSTEM in the first place. Whether having a JS engine/emulator in there is a separate matter. As usual, "endpoint security software" is very poorly engineered. Keep in mind that this is a common pattern among vendors; though some are even worse (e.g. Symantec used to do this directly in kernel space).