Actually, a very good article in this issue of Processor. Nothing radically new here, but the writer understands the problem and states it clearly.
�The day of the [AV] scanner being the main line of defense is dead . . . it�s just that most people don�t know it yet,� says AVG�s Thompson. Last year alone, AVG added more than 650,000 signatures to its antivirus engine. �There are 20,000 to 30,000 unique binary samples every day. The bad guys know how to beat a scanner.�
It�s also worth noting that tests that focus on virus detections are completely useless in evaluating an anti-malware solution. Today�s malware is a totally different, vicious animal � and detection is also only part of the picture. Remediation is as important as detection to enterprise customers.
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Alex Eckelberry
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