AV Industry has lied for 20 years

[SuperSparks]

Read all about it here:

http://resources.zdnet.co.uk/articles/features/0,1000002000,39440184,00.htm

[Teknophobia]

No different to anything else in life. It's akin to your washing powder, bleach or toothpaste manufacturer telling you over the last twenty years about their 'new-and-improved', 'kills all known germs dead', etc. If they keep having to improve my toothpaste every year, there must've been something really wrong with it in the first place!

TEk

[frebo]

nutting surprises me anymore from large co.

[Broni]

So much for antivirus programs ratings...

[bistro]

I am somewhat awed by her honesty.

I guess you just have to go with the AV programs that do the best job of slowing the process down. No AV program is 100%.

Interesting observations as to WHY people make viruses (http://ask-leo.com/why_do_people_make_viruses.html).

[Dude111]

Anything to make as much $$$ as possible,they dont care.........

[jmtjet]

There are some computer users, usually tech savvy users, that no longer use AV programs at all. It's called; "surfing naked". They say they're no longer willing to pay big bucks for software that slows there computers down or cause more problems than viruses do. They state that smart surfing is as safe as running AV programs.

[Train]

And some of us have done just that. Chickened out after 16 months though.

[SuperSparks]

The trouble is that smart surfing is not enough anymore. Now we are in the age of the drive-by download and cross-site scripting even apparently innocuous sites can get you :( Were it not for that I'd be inclined towards the surfing naked philosophy myself.

[Train]

The trouble is that smart surfing is not enough anymore. Now we are in the age of the drive-by download and cross-site scripting even apparently innocuous sites can get you :( Were it not for that I'd be inclined towards the surfing naked philosophy myself.

Why I finally chickened out!