22 July 2006
Anti-virus not perfect
It has recently been published out of Australia's AusCERT 2006 conference that the writers of viruses and worms are creating them specifically to avoid detection in anti-virus programs. It is also said that they are doing a good job at it. In 45% of the companies responding to a survey a virus had entered their systems despite the up-to-date anti-virus software.
The use of popular anti-virus solutions are probably less likely to detect these viruses and such due to the developers of the viruses testing them to ensure they escape their detection.
Does this mean you should rush out to get the not so popular anti-virus solutions, not necessarily. It's also possible those won't detect the virus, as well. It also doesn't mean you should run two anti-virus programs. Usually two simultaneously running anti-virus programs will cause conflicts with each other and not work correctly.
It does mean update as often as possible and make sure your data is safely backed up in case of the worst.
The use of popular anti-virus solutions are probably less likely to detect these viruses and such due to the developers of the viruses testing them to ensure they escape their detection.
Does this mean you should rush out to get the not so popular anti-virus solutions, not necessarily. It's also possible those won't detect the virus, as well. It also doesn't mean you should run two anti-virus programs. Usually two simultaneously running anti-virus programs will cause conflicts with each other and not work correctly.
It does mean update as often as possible and make sure your data is safely backed up in case of the worst.
