August 1st, 2006
Popular antivirus software do not work
By William, Contributing writer,
RealTechNews
Are you using antivirus software from Symantec, McAfee or Trend Micro?
Over 86% of the world does. And that’s what makes this such a big concern.
According to experts, these best-sellers are far less likely to detect new viruses and Trojans than the least popular ones.
“If you are running these pieces of software [from Symantec, McAfee, or Trend Micro], 8 out of 10 pieces of malicious code are going to get in[to your computer].” said Graham Ingram, general manager of the Australian Computer Emergency Response Team (AusCERT).
The reason: Malware authors are specifically testing their viruses and Trojans against these best-sellers to make sure they can bypass them before unleashing their malware into the world.
David Johnston says:
My current reccomendations are Kaspersky and NOD32. I prefer Kaspersky, but it’s a bit more expensive than NOD32. Both have excellent detection compared to more widely known brands.
August 1st, 2006 at 7:18 am
MarcosV says:
I personally prefer NOD32 over NAV because it doesn’t slow your computer to a crawl at times, gets updated very frequently, very affordable when you buy 2-year family packs, and seems to get really good scores in some of those virus detection surveys.
I do wonder about how series is the problem this article is putting forward. Has this been proven out in the field? Are people running updated copies of McAffee or NAV having a measurably higher infection rate than those running updated copies of NOD32 or Kaspersky?
August 1st, 2006 at 7:34 am
Martin S. says:
This doesn’t seem to be a serious information but rather a personal opinion.
Refer to reliable independant antivirus tests like www.avtest.org and you’ll see that there are weak point in every software not only in Symantec’s or McAfee’s internet security suites.
Anyway, NOD32 is an excellent antivirus software but keep in mind that it hasn’t firewall, anti-spyware and anti-phishing functionality.
August 1st, 2006 at 7:35 am
Stephen says:
Where do you have to go to pick up all this malware that just about everybody you read thinks is out there? Three years on my new PC and not one virus, trojan or piece of spyware.
August 1st, 2006 at 9:27 am
ValuedCustomer says:
Martin S. - “This doesn’t seem to be a serious information but rather a personal opinion.”
Exactly. and not only is it personal-opinion it’s unreliable information. “8 out of 10″? puhleease.. that is complete non-sense. - a home user can get by very well w/ the small-vendor clients because they are in fact more responsive to new threats. But while these applications work fine on the small scale they’re completly un-scalable in the corporate world. There’s a reason “53% of the market” uses Symantec.
August 1st, 2006 at 12:36 pm