Ahh, a shiney nugget of example of why it doesnt matter how much people say Symantec may have improved in the past couple of years; they are still full of FAIL:
> I'll turn to Ars Technica, which in August published an article that > discussed the results of the then-latest Virus Bulletin > test<http://arstechnica.com/security/news/2009/08/symantec-11-others-fail-virus-bulletins-august-2009-test.ars> > : > * > >> The security research company evaluated 35 anti-malware products for the >> 32-bit version of Windows Vista SP2 Business. The basic requirements for a >> product passing the test is detecting, both on demand and on access, in its >> default settings, all malware known to be "In the Wild" at the time of the >> review, and not detecting any false positives when scanning a set of clean >> files. The products were pitted against about 3,000 unique samples of >> malware that fall into four categories: WildList viruses, Worms and bots, >> Polymorphic viruses, and Trojans. > > * > Microsoft Forefront Client Security was one of 23 products that passed the > test. Symantec Endpoint Protection was one of 12 products that failed. > Bloated, slow[er], and simply a crappy company. Symantec vexes me. I'm terribly vexed... -- ME2 On Wed, Oct 7, 2009 at 11:01 AM, Angus Scott-Fleming <angu...@geoapps.com>wrote: > On 29 Sep 2009 at 11:48, Rod Trent wrote: > > > http://www.microsoft.com/security_essentials/ > > Good write-up here, with a little smack-down of Symantec included at no > extra > charge: > > Microsoft Shocker: Antivirus Software That Just Works > bMighty.com: Blogs For Small Business and Mid-Sized Business > > http://bmighty.informationweek.com/blog/main/archives/2009/10/i_rarely_see_a.html > or here if the above wraps unusably: http://preview.tinyurl.com/yehyud4 > > The author of this piece is NOT a Microsoft booster. > > -- > Angus Scott-Fleming > GeoApps, Tucson, Arizona > 1-520-290-5038 > +-----------------------------------+ > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
