Why popular antivirus apps 'do not work'
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| Antivirus applications from Symantec, McAfee or Trend Micro -- the
| three leading AV vendors in 2005 -- are far less likely to detect new
| viruses and Trojans than the least popular brands.
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That shatters the argument that fragile platforms can be shielded using AV
software. A broken platform remains a broken platform. Windows Vista will be
less secure than Windows XP, according to Symantec. Linux does not have
these problems, despite its enormous market share among highly-depedable
servers.
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