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Originally Posted by psicodude
Snip from the website you linked:
So basically, this website goes out and downloads 100,000 samples of KNOWN, PREVALENT viruses over several months and then runs AV software against it. This software people are paying for to protect them are only catching ~98% of KNOWN viruses that are already a few months old and have most likely been abandoned by the creator? This makes sense to you? The best part is that the majority of these programs are only slightly better than the stuff just built into Windows 8!
The point I was making is that being skeptical and very careful is just as effective. It may be going a little far to say that AV companies are committing fraud, but the truth is that current AV technology is always several steps behind malware coders. There is absolutely no way for these programs to stop something that they aren't already aware of. Like I said in my original post, it is a cat and mouse game.
The average computer user would be better served by investing in a really good backup solution and some detection/cleaning software.
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Here you are arguing that AV is not effective at catching new viruses, fair enough.
Earlier though, you were arguing that an AV "makes it worse". Explain how using an AV is WORSE than not using one at all, if you please?