Does antivirus have a future?

Quotes

1. “ Probably by next year's Black Hat we'll see malware leveraging virtual machine techniques in the real world. ”

2. “ We have to hunt for malware on the internet as researchers. ”

3. “ Probably every year people say antivirus software is dead. ”

4. “ Some parts of the software community may underestimate what antivirus software is these days. It's the same name, but we're not doing it the way we did it 20 years ago. ”

Entities Mentioned

• Microsoft
• Intel
• Bank of India
• Symantec
• Linux
• Columbia University
• University of Michigan
• Sophos
• Gerhard Eschelbeck
• Graham Cluley

1. London, (GUARDIAN NEWS SERVICE) By Wendy M Grossman Creators of malware are no longer script kiddies after kudos - they're criminals after your cash. Wendy M Grossman asks if protection can keep pace with them For at least a decade, the standard advice to every computer user has been to run antivirus software. But new, more commercial, more complex and stealthier types of malware have people in the industry asking: will antivirus software be effective for much longer? Among the threats they see (Read Full Article)
   
   

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