The program adds another layer of defense to the operating system and springs to action when malware is executed on the system. It can mitigate attacks so that they are not successful at all or reduced in scope.

It should be clear that this is not a 100% protection against malware, but it does add a level of protection to the system that can be quite useful if attackers do not target EMET directly as well.

Microsoft has released a Tech Preview of EMET 5.0, the upcoming version of the Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit.

EMET 5.0 introduces two new mitigations to the 12 security mitigations of version 4.1 which improve the defensive capabilities of the program further.

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