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Post by warlock on May 6, 2014 13:51:43 GMT
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Post by irvsp on May 6, 2014 21:26:44 GMT
This really isn't new news as such. Zero-day attacks are more common now. Part of the problem though is shared by the same A/V makers. They are in a catch-22 on this. "In the beginning" you paid a license to use the A/V and never again. Then they switched to yearly renewal, and that caused a large part of the population not to pay. They switched (if they had the 'smarts') to free alternatives. Along with this has been the evolution of the PC performance. Remember when people would state (and some still do today) that Norton was a hog and slowed the system down? Now with quad-cores and higher abundant that is not the case. Even poor performing programs and suites do 'no harm'. Of course those not renewing are hurting the income stream of the security folks. I believe that paid security suites or standalone A/V's respond faster than the free alternatives to zero-day attacks. Many free suites also update only when the computer is turned or or run scan's only when manually started. However, NONE are bullet-proof. A long time ago Norton started inspecting the binary code looking for 'tell-tale' series of instructions. Took some time to read the entire binary, but I also think this is where the 'poor performance' claims stemmed from. More recently Norton went to a 'reputation based' method as well. Matched the file name and where from to a database. Both of these methods produced too many false positives. Worse, in some cases it quarantined the item. So the next step is evolutionary. Find the bad stuff before it comes in. Plant a 'honey pot' on the computer. Actually I think the bottom line is money. There is more money to be made CLEARING and infection that doing the protection. NIS 2014 lists for $79 USD, but if you get infected and need help it costs $99 USD... BTW, list cost is meaningless. I usually bought NIS 201x for $10 or less after rebate (split between the store and Symantec, up to $69) and even FREE after rebate some years, for 3 PC's no less. New computer has McAfee LiveSafe, for 3 years, I paid $39 to add 2 years to the standard shipped 1 year that is included with the system.
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Post by warlock on May 6, 2014 23:17:49 GMT
I have paid for nothing as far as AV's are concerned. Nothing has got me since W98.
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Post by GuiltySpark on May 7, 2014 0:01:18 GMT
Just who is going to insert that information? Most users wouldn't know how to do it in such a way that it doesn't look out of place to a hacker.
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Post by warlock on May 7, 2014 0:38:16 GMT
I know, for a fact that I wouldn't. I'm thinking the whole article is about. Stopping a virus after it has already infected systems. Just like a real virus in people. A cure or help is found after the virus has infected someone.
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