Anti-Virus Effectiveness Down from Last Year

juct sends us Heise Security's summary of an article detailing the abilities of 17 current anti-virus solutions. German computer magazine c't has found that, compared to last year, the virus scanners are having a more difficult time recognizing malware. Quoting Heise: "For real protection, however, in view of the flood of new malware, the way these programs cope with new and completely unfamiliar attacks is more important. And that's where almost all of the products performed significantly worse than just a year ago. The typical recognition rates of their heuristics fell from approximately 40-50 per cent in the last test - at the beginning of 2007 - to a pitiful 20-30 per cent."

Re:I don't have to worry about viruses on the web

[Valdrax]

Still get RSI though.

That's 'cause you got arrogant and didn't properly firewall your hand before connecting it to the net.

Re:running multiple antiviruses

[MrMr]

It's a sad fact that the hardware industry is being driven by bloatware and anti malware
You should look on the bright side: Since everybody has to buy high-end hardware, it also becomes much cheaper for people who need it for more interesting stuff.
(I would for instance very much like to see the next main-stream OS requiring 16 cores or more to run a simple email client on a desktop machine...)