I lost trust in Symantec (and maybe others) when they didn't flag the infamous Sony rootkit (on music CDs) as malware. Even the US DHS took Sony to task for compromising Windows computers with their buggy DRM software, which, even if it weren't buggy, was an uninvited install.
(Corporate solidarity trumps computer security?) On Wed, 1 Jun 2016 18:31:36 +0100 (BST) "G.W. Haywood" <cla...@jubileegroup.co.uk> wrote: [...] > > Does it worth a paid anti-virus? (KasperSky or Symantec)? > > I do not understand the question, and I have very little experience of > the products which you mention. My experience with Symantec has been, > I would say, patchy - but I have only used it on clients' workstations > running Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7. I often use "Jotti's > Malware Scan" to test suspicious files which have been filtered by my > mail filters, not just ClamAV, and I can assure you that NONE of the > malware scanners (including those you mention) in the list on Jotti's > site will give you 100% detection of malicious files. > _______________________________________________ Help us build a comprehensive ClamAV guide: https://github.com/vrtadmin/clamav-faq http://www.clamav.net/contact.html#ml
