On Sunday 20 April 2008 11:56:07 pm Johann Spies wrote: > > The fact that there are regular updates shows that the product is > constantly developing. That does not necessarily mean that it is an > inferior product to closed source Certainly not. What should be said here, though, is that anti-virus software is fundamentally high-risk software. I can't claim to be security whiz, but everything I've read, and what I hear from acquaintances who *are* good at this stuff, is that AV software is constantly targeted by malware developers for the simple reason that it is one of the few applications that they *know* will interact with their exploits. It's not that AV software is poorly designed, it's that it's in a bad situation to begin with.
That's not a reason to give up on it when it is needed, but it is more than reason enough to be very careful with it. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
