Anti-Virus Effectiveness Down from Last Year

juct sends us Heise Security's summary of an article detailing the abilities of 17 current anti-virus solutions. German computer magazine c't has found that, compared to last year, the virus scanners are having a more difficult time recognizing malware. Quoting Heise: "For real protection, however, in view of the flood of new malware, the way these programs cope with new and completely unfamiliar attacks is more important. And that's where almost all of the products performed significantly worse than just a year ago. The typical recognition rates of their heuristics fell from approximately 40-50 per cent in the last test - at the beginning of 2007 - to a pitiful 20-30 per cent."

Comments

AV's???

[flakron]

when you have an AV you have viruses, no AV no viruses

Re:The kind of targets

[heinousjay]

Mac users have no real reason to know the system password for everyday use

Sure they do, they generally have to administer their own box.

There could be a few bucks in doing a remote admin service for home users who have neither the skills nor the inclination to use them. I'd google to see if someone does that already, but I'm feeling lazy.