01 Dec, 2008
Anti-Virus/Anti-Malware Programs are not a panacea…
Posted by: Albee In: Geek|News Items
ArsTechnica has a piece about a security company’s study showing that there is a significant (read 3-day) lag time between when new threats are released onto the internet and when most anti-virus programs are able to detect them. This definitely reflects my experience – for my clients AVG, Norton/Symantec, and McAfee were helpless in the face of the AntiVirus2009 onslaught (read more here).
Anyway, the short version is, be careful what email attachments you open and where you surf….
