Malware Evolving Too Fast for Antivirus Apps

Experts say that malware is evolving too fast for antivirus programs. The best antivirus software out there only blocks about one in four unknown malicious programs. Gee, that’s encouraging.

In our tests of how well security software blocks unknown malicious programs, the best performer detected only one in four new malware samples. In contrast, February 2007 results from similar heuristics testing showed that the best utilities caught about half of new samples.

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