We've been hearing it for years: antivirus software is dead. But is it really? If so, it seems to have more lives than Richard Nixon.
Rather than being the industry's swan song, mobile devices could be its redemption opportunity.
The antivirus industry is in major transition as threats have evolved from being just the viruses and worms written to exploit holes in Windows that plagued computers in the 1990s to the exploits that target vulnerabilities in Web applications and end user gullibility today.
Many consumers fork over at least $40 for Norton AntiVirus or something similar, many more are turning to free antivirus from AVG or Avast (here's why), and yet millions of computers are still getting hit with infections daily.
More: http://news.cnet.com/8301-27080_3-20015623-245.html
Rather than being the industry's swan song, mobile devices could be its redemption opportunity.
The antivirus industry is in major transition as threats have evolved from being just the viruses and worms written to exploit holes in Windows that plagued computers in the 1990s to the exploits that target vulnerabilities in Web applications and end user gullibility today.
Many consumers fork over at least $40 for Norton AntiVirus or something similar, many more are turning to free antivirus from AVG or Avast (here's why), and yet millions of computers are still getting hit with infections daily.
More: http://news.cnet.com/8301-27080_3-20015623-245.html