Malware is winning and CA auto immune update (again)
Virus have become so prevalent that antivirus companies are finding it hard to catch up. In fact, this is the actual goal of the attacker. The attacker wants to mask the actual virus with less devastating viruses to distract security firms. In fact, some security firms have reported that the they have see as many as forty thousand new malware a day. In almost 50 percent of the cases the viruses disappear in less than 24 hours. This is because hackers constantly monitor their viruses and whether they are being detected by free antivirus software. If new definitions are released that detect their virus, the hacker will patch their original virus code to make sure that the virus can't be detected. The most scary part about all of these threats is that they are practically growing in an excess of an exponential rate. In the last ten months viruses have increased as much as 60 percent measured over a twenty year period. The internet landscape is increasingly becoming more dangerous. It is now more important than ever to have an free antivirus solution installed to protect against identity theft and trojans. Check out the free antivirus help toolbar which will give you access to numerous antivirus products right on your computer.
This goes along with the last article. Viruses are coming out so quickly that the antivirus vendors need to quickly release updates to combat the viruses. Unfortunately, since antivirus are frequently are updated several times a day it becomes difficult to test if the newly updated definitions are compatible with all computers. The latest problem with an antivirus update affects the CA antivirus auto-immune system. The scanner quarantines many of the antivirus products own files. The antivirus will also quarantine Windows system files. Many users are reporting that they are unable to use their computers after applying the update. This isn't the first time that this has happened to Computer Associates antivirus. In fact, the last time this happened was in July 23 when an update crippled Windows XP system. Read about the previous faulty update here. Regardless, this time its a different story because CA has admitted error and quickly released a patch reverting back to the original antivirus engine. For the users that ran in to additional problems customer support agents are standing by to help resolve the problem.