Are you using antivirus software from Symantec, McAfee or Trend Micro?
According to experts, these best-sellers are far less likely to detect new viruses and Trojans than the least popular ones.
The reason: Malware authors are specifically testing their viruses and Trojans against these best-sellers to make sure they can bypass them before unleashing their malware into the world.
Gartner’s figures for 2005 show that Symantec is the leader with 53.6% of the market. McAfee and Trend Micro own 18.8% and 13.8% of the market respectively.
“If you are running these pieces of software [from Symantec, McAfee, or Trend Micro], 8 out of 10 pieces of malicious code are going to get in[to your computer].” said Graham Ingram, general manager of the Australian Computer Emergency Response Team (AusCERT).
The solution: Use antivirus solutions from vendors with small market share.
One vendor Ingram mentioned was Russian outfit Kaspersky, which in the same tests managed to block around 90% of new malware. According to Gartner, Kaspersky’s market share is a mere 0.7%.
Another solution: Run two or more antivirus applications (which many big firms do), but at most one from the best-sellers list or none at all (hopefully, big firms do this too).
If you’re already using one from Symantec, McAfee or Trend Micro, consider adding another like Kaspersky, Panda Software, AVG by Grisoft, and NOD32 by Eset.
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