Anti-virus technologies more ineffective than feared
By Gina on August 10, 2010 | Computer Security, Anti-virus technologies, malware, Internet, web browser
A research by web intelligence firm Cyberveillance has shown that less than 19 percent malware abuse users’ computers through the Internet on the same day malware appears in the wild.
The one and almost only option to avoid viruses and various malware onto your system is to be precautious in surfing on Internet. Users are recommended to avoid unknown or unreliable websites and to increase security settings on their web browser. This is a big chance to make your computer secure from malware and viruses instead of relying on up to data anti-virus to protect them.
The security research crew disapproves "signature-based" anti-virus technologies; they ignores the point that dealers have long adopted all-encompassing detection of malware strains, and are introducing crowd-based compositions as a means of providing protection from the ever-increasing content of malware threats.
Luis Corrons, technical director of Panda, criticizes Cyberveillance’s investigation because he thinks the company tested only one component of anti-malware protection. "As far as I’ve seen, they have only tested static signature detection capabilities. This is the very first technology ever implemented in an antivirus," he said.
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