Comments on: How to Survive a Computer Virus http://www.telecommutingdiva.com/2008/06/27/how-to-survive-a-computer-virus/ Helping Your Freelance Business Thrive Sat, 31 Jul 2010 06:12:15 +0000 hourly 1 By: Opal @ Addicted to Writing http://www.telecommutingdiva.com/2008/06/27/how-to-survive-a-computer-virus/comment-page-1/#comment-276 Opal @ Addicted to Writing Fri, 27 Jun 2008 16:39:38 +0000 http://www.telecommutingdiva.com/2008/06/27/how-to-survive-a-computer-virus/#comment-276 Some of the anti-virus software available doesn't seem able to keep up with the systems they are supposed to protect. A few of them also mess with how legitimate software is supposed to work. I had to uninstall Norton on my aunt’s computer because of this problem. Several of your antivirus software applications have relied on signature based detection of viruses; however, these are only good against known signature. Amazing thing is many of your antivirus software still rely on signatures as the only way to detect malicious code. That's not too smart at all. If you encounter a rapidly mutating malware, you will be SOL Rapidly mutating Malware since it has the ability to outstrip the anti-virus vendors’ ability to write signatures. I was a Windows power user. I knew how to configure my browser so I did not download malicious content off the web, I also was able to spot emails that could contain viruses; however, I did make my switch to Macs a few years ago. Although I could install Windows on my Macs I chose not to. I even switched my father over a month after I made the move. That was the best decision I ever made. He is a casual user, and I was always getting calls to fix his system and yes he had anitvirus installed. :-) Some of the anti-virus software available doesn’t seem able to keep up with the systems they are supposed to protect. A few of them also mess with how legitimate software is supposed to work. I had to uninstall Norton on my aunt’s computer because of this problem.

Several of your antivirus software applications have relied on signature based detection of viruses; however, these are only good against known signature. Amazing thing is many of your antivirus software still rely on signatures as the only way to detect malicious code. That’s not too smart at all. If you encounter a rapidly mutating malware, you will be SOL Rapidly mutating Malware since it has the ability to outstrip the anti-virus vendors’ ability to write signatures.

I was a Windows power user. I knew how to configure my browser so I did not download malicious content off the web, I also was able to spot emails that could contain viruses; however, I did make my switch to Macs a few years ago.

Although I could install Windows on my Macs I chose not to. I even switched my father over a month after I made the move. That was the best decision I ever made. He is a casual user, and I was always getting calls to fix his system and yes he had anitvirus installed. :-)

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