Keeping your antivirus software up to date is vital to protect your computer against malware and virus attacks, right? A recent article published by MIT?s Technology Review says that it may not be as essential as you think. Your computer may be more vulnerable to attacks than you may like to think.
Antivirus Software: Unreliable?
The Technology Review story, in fact, says that today?s antivirus software can no longer be relied on to safeguard computers from the more sophisticated viruses that are being let loose on a seemingly daily basis. The story is enough to make any computer user ? even those who have armed their laptops and desktops with the latest versions of the most potent antivirus software on the market ? think hard before zipping along the Internet.
Burned by Flame
One of the most complex examples of malware to date is Flame. Flame copies documents, audio, network traffic, and keystrokes made on a computer which has been corrupted by it. The scary thing is, Flame has been active for a couple years now. During all of this time, no security software has been developed to detect this malware.
An Industry Under Siege
According to the Technology Review story, Flame is not the only malware that gets by standard antivirus software. There are several other examples the story covers but one antivirus firm labeled Flame as an example of a failure in the antivirus industry. All this means is your computer may be more susceptible than you had previously thought. That is not to say that you should not take every measure possible to protect your computer by installing and updating antivirus software. Hopefully antivirus technology will catch up and become as sophisticated as some of the malware out there.
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Source: http://blog.itprosusa.com/2012/the-race-between-malware-and-antivirus-software/
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