https://www.btrade.com/anti-virus-is-dead/

Partial bit of article follows.

May 7th, 2014 | Author: Clifton Gonsalves
Anti-Virus is Dead

Symantec, the inventor of commercial antivirus software, has publicly
disclosed that antivirus tactics have been rendered largely
ineffective. The disclosure came from Brian Dye, Symantec’s senior
vice president for information security, during an interview with the
Wall Street Journal. Mr. Dye said that because antivirus tactics
catch only about 45% of cyber attacks, he considers antivirus “dead.”
Yes, that’s right, the company that invented antivirus software and
still derives a big chunk of its revenues from antivirus software, has
declared it all but dead.

Symantec’s assessment is consistent with, but a bit more pessimistic
than other recent antivirus reports. For example, RedSocks Malware
Research Labs published a report indicating that overall detection of
malware and intrusion by antivirus software was very
disappointing—about 70% in January 2014, less than 65% in February and
less than 73% in March. At first glance, that might not sound bad, but
what it really means is that users were vulnerable to hackers for more
than 25% of the time in Q1 2014. The RedSocks report concluded that
“relying on protection from Anti-Virus companies, no matter how
established their brand, is simply not enough. Comprehensive
protection requires an entirely new approach.”

<carl@mit.net> wrote:

> xxxx:// www. btrade. c*m/ anti-virus-is-dead/
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> Partial bit of article follows.
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> May 7th, 2014 | Author: Clifton Gonsalves
^^^^
|____ Yep, every few years this crap resurfaces.
Author digs up outdated material.
Information is time sensitive.
Another blog purporting to be journalism.