Is FEP 2010 capable of securing computer against the man-in-the-middle attack?

Question

Hello
Just would like to know if FEP 2010 is capable of preventing man-in-the-middle attack on computers with it installed?
Thanks

Answer 1

It is not the job of FEP or other Anti-Malware product to protect you against man-in-middle attacks, as it is not purpose of design of Anti-Malware. However, some of Man-in-Middle attacks are being blocked by Network Inspection System (NIS), which means
if FEP detects any malicious package on a network which match signature of NIS , it will block it.
Browser plays a very important role in blocking Man-in-Middle attack, for example if you use Internet Explorer, you have a better protection against this type of attack, take a look at:
http://ie.microsoft.com/testdrive/Browser/MixedContent/Default.html