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Why Popular Anti-Virus Apps 'Don't Work'

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the build-a-better-mousetrap dept.

Avantare writes "ZDNet Australia has a writeup about why AV apps don't work. The reason given is because the malware authors are writing code that will get around the signatures of the application by testing their code on the most popular anti-virus software before release." This comes as a follow up to another article detailing the sad state of anti-virus software currently on the market.

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  1. Re:Dedication to QA by sjwest · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Welcome to fud (currently promoted by the Bush Family).

    Anti virus on windows fails becuase,

    1. its the platform to hack
    2. Most users are clueless