[News] Anti-virus Softare No Longer Defeats Much Malware

[Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Eighty percent of new malware defeats antivirus

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| The most popular antivirus applications on the market are rendered
| useless by around 80 percent of new malware, according to AusCERT.
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http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/security/soa/Eighty_percent_of_new_malware_defeats_antivirus/0,2000061744,39263949,00.htm

So even pricey third-party software cannot compensate for poor security
models.