[ALUG] AntiVirus software is obsolete

Andreas Tauscher ta at geuka.net
Tue May 20 11:21:01 EAT 2014


Hi list!

After the Symantec vice president declared AntiVirus software being 
obsolete beginning of the month [1] now Dr. Alan Solomon is writing in 
his blog: AntiVirus is obsolete [2]. He can not see how it should work. 
It was fine a decade ago, but the world has changed. With 100,000 to 
200,000 virus samples per day it is impossible to provide the signature 
updates in time, or even testing them within a small time frame.
Instead using AntiVirus Software he recommends: Use Linux.

Andreas

[1] 
http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303417104579542140235850578
[2] 
http://blog.drsolly.com/2014/05/symantec-claims-that-their-antivirus-is.html


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