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Antivirus is dead, says maker of Norton Antivirus |
May 05, 2014
Antivirus is dead.So sayeth Brian Dye, Symantec's senior vice president for information security, in a weekend interview with The Wall Street Journal. The words sound shocking—Symantec and its Norton antivirus suite have been at the forefront of PC security for years and years. But don't let the stark claim fool you: Norton isn't being retired, and Dye's words merely reflect the new reality in computing protection.While detecting and protecting against malicious software installed on your computer still plays a very vital role, many of the sophisticated attacks of today still manage to penetrate PCs with antivirus programs installed. In fact, Dye told WSJ that he estimates traditional antivirus detects a mere 45 percent of all attacks. That's not good.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here
Link: http://www.pcworld.com/article/2150743/antivirus-is-dead-says-maker-of-norton-antivirus.html#tk.rss_all
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