Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sun 23rd Sep 2007 10:54 UTC, submitted by irbis
"For at least a decade, the standard advice to every computer user has been to run antivirus software. But new, more commercial, more complex and stealthier types of malware have people in the industry asking: will antivirus software be effective for much longer? Among the threats they see are malware that uses the ability of the latest processors to run virtual machines that would be hidden from antivirus programs." Note: Please note that our icon contest is still running! So if you have an idea on how to rework this story's icon, read this.
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2005-12-15
I think there's a lot of truth in what you're saying, but at the same time I think your point on users' stupidity will render anti-virus software a 'must have' simply because they don't know any better.
Further, it's that same stupidity that would make us techies look like morons if we convinced ourselves that the people we support don't need anti-virus, until the day it hits the organisation badly and we have to face up to the reality that it doesn't matter what level of user education we are dealing with, we're all humans and we make mistakes. One mistake can be extremely costly.
Add to that the fear campaigns of anti-virus vendors and I just don't see the end of anti-virus software.
I do however see an increased amalgamation of anti-virus, anti-malware, anti-spyware packages. I think it will come to a point where pure anti-virus software will become obsolete if it doesn't also support protection of the above said.