Experts Say The Virus-writers Have Won

[Farma]

Experts say the virus-writers have won

By Andrej Sokolow, dpa

Hanover, Germany (dpa) - The war against computer viruses may no longer be winnable, with criminals and espionage agencies spreading their attacks, experts are warning at the world's biggest computing fair.

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[cdnvic]

Kaspersky has reason to worry. Their entire model depends on signatures already recognized. Fortunately they are very good at this end of it. The AVs that will deal with emerging threats best are the ones who employ the better heuristics that can spot unknown viruses.

[lamphun]

Kaspersky has reason to worry. Their entire model depends on signatures already recognized. Fortunately they are very good at this end of it. The AVs that will deal with emerging threats best are the ones who employ the better heuristics that can spot unknown viruses.

So what AV program would you recommend ?

[cdnvic]

Kaspersky has reason to worry. Their entire model depends on signatures already recognized. Fortunately they are very good at this end of it. The AVs that will deal with emerging threats best are the ones who employ the better heuristics that can spot unknown viruses.

So what AV program would you recommend ?

I use Nod32.

http://www.eset.com/

Antivir is a free one that tops many of the paid AVs.

http://www.free-av.com/

I don't recommend:

AVG, Norton, Panda, OneCare

For the record, I'd still trust Kaspersky over just about everything but nod32.

[Mid]

i'll put a plug in for avast

works like a charm for me