New research has further confirmed the difficulties security software companies are having keeping up with an explosion in malicious software programs on the Internet.
Security software from major vendors can take an average of two days to block a Web site designed to attack a computer visiting it, according to the latest report from NSS Labs, which tested security software suites against fresh malware released on the Internet.
"The magnitude of these findings should be noting short of an alarming wake-up call for the security industry," according to the report.
NSS Labs does independent security software testing. Unlike many other testing companies, it does not accept money for vendors for performing the tests, a stance that the company's president Rick Moy says results in more accurate evaluations.
More: http://pcworld.com/article/199345/
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Security software from major vendors can take an average of two days to block a Web site designed to attack a computer visiting it, according to the latest report from NSS Labs, which tested security software suites against fresh malware released on the Internet.
"The magnitude of these findings should be noting short of an alarming wake-up call for the security industry," according to the report.
NSS Labs does independent security software testing. Unlike many other testing companies, it does not accept money for vendors for performing the tests, a stance that the company's president Rick Moy says results in more accurate evaluations.
More: http://pcworld.com/article/199345/
