Immunet: A Second Opinion Worth a Second Look
Summary: Immunet Protect is a free anti-virus product that works largely by sharing virus detection data from other anti-virus products on the PCs of its user community, logging each threat on a centralized server so all Immunet users are protected. The company had about 133,000 active users at the time, and its vice president of engineering, Alfred Huger, said the average lifespan for a piece of malware when it is most dangerous is one to two days, while traded anti-virus feeds are probably anywhere between 1 and 30 days old.
Key Takeaway: Huger said about 10 percent of Immunet's users already had a virus when they signed up, and that the majority of anti-virus does not work very well - a claim worth weighing against whatever protection your own estate is counting on.
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