Anti-virus is a Poor Substitute for Common Sense
Summary: An NSS Labs test of 10 top commercial anti-virus products found most took an average of more than 45 hours to detect malware pushed by malicious websites. NSS President Rick Moy said the firm tests at zero hour against the same malicious URLs simultaneously, while AMTSO board member David Harley disputed the methodology's transparency but called 50 to 60 percent detection out of the gate realistic given roughly 100,000 new malware samples daily.
What's compelling: Nearly two days of exposure before detection means the attachment, codec or peer-to-peer download a user opens today is the infection your endpoint is not yet built to catch.
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