You see, when you told me that people are wasting their money on a stand-alone anti-virus applications, then I might have agreed with you, it should eventually stop. The only thing that is outdated, the term "anti-virus". Strictly speaking, the main online security threats are no more than a virus, a more appropriate term should be "malware" and it is time we started to adapt this new view. Cyber threats from viruses, spyware, keyloggers and Trojans, all residing in the common term ofMalware.
I understand that the term "anti-virus," a heavily marketed concept and if you mention the term "anti-virus" to computer-illiterate and inexperienced users, they know exactly what you're saying, but when it comes to malware, they They often that glossy stare, you know, the kind of stare that screams, "What the hell are you talking about!" Most anti-virus programs offer protection against spyware and other malware threats, and related, so it is reallystupid to think they called anti-virus applications, they are essentially anti-malware applications.
Scrape your anti-virus solution is irresponsible and plain stupid. It is only as good as saying we should stop to allow patching of vulnerabilities in the software, they are un-patched, because the threats that exploit this vulnerability to develop too quickly. Should we stop installing security systems in our homes, because new, more advanced burglar every day are born? If you protect your system,against known threats, why not?
It is true that malware evolved much faster than the anti-malware solutions, but malware is known to be recycled on the Web again and again. Protect yourself against a known variant means that you will be attacked by it again, and believe me, it's not uncommon for the attack of the same version more than once. This means that anti-virus software still plays an important role in your protection from malware, it also means that anti-virus software developerDetection of new threats is still at a very high percentage. New variants can infect a wide range of computer before they are recognized, but if the antivirus vendor for an updated signature file for all their users, they are mandatory, at least the spread and of itself does not prevent infected users from infection.
Scrape Anti-virus solutions are systems are vulnerable, ie they are infected and thus contribute to the left of the computational powerof botnets such as Storm. At least one infected system can be cleaned as soon as a new variant has been discovered, so please be pro-active in a bot network down piece by piece and makes it more difficult for malware to spread. Remember, an infected computer to a dealer for new variants of malware. Killing a known variant means that you can prevent it from mutating and spreading further.
Increase the technology that do not, scrap. Yes, definition based onProtection is nearing its end, but anti-malware solutions move to a behavior detection. It is suicidal to scrap anti-malware solutions are completely just because of the rapid development of new threats. The argument that the value of anti-virus software is a pile of rubbish decline. Large companies should stop by ruthless ideas should be in the minds of ordinary users, they stop the throw-away - your anti-virus program-and-buy-our-software kind of marketing. TheInternet is dangerous enough as it is, it does not encourage people to go, a way to throw their anti-malware applications, even in today's world of modern malware attacks. Antimalware applications are often the only line of defense, which is available for novice Internet users.
