Dustin wrote:
 
> I wouldn't mind a good discussion. If only he'd take the time to
> provide one. He seeks perfection when the device itself is incapable
> of it. 

And all of you continue to ignore just plain don't get my main point.

The price/performance ratio of AV/AM software is a joke.

There were some observers who speculated 6 to 8 years ago (when
polymorphism emerged) that the industry would collapse when IT people
and the organizations they work for would realize the poor performance
of AM software did not justify the expense, after years of being
ingrained into people's heads that AM software was as indispensible to
any PC as the OS itself.

The industry worked hard to silence those people and continue to foster
the belief that their products are a truly critical (and effective!)
part of anyone's PC, from the low-importance home PC to the back-office
enterprise workstation.

And yet time after time, new malware has been able to run on infected
PC's and disable firewalls and any AM/AV software running on those
PC's.  And even more embarrasing, some malware, when up and running and
in control of a machine, downloads and installs free versions of certain
AM/AV software as a third line of defence to retain control of the PC by
preventing other botnets from controlling it.

Since the early 90's, Macro$haft has been able to ingrain and foster the
idea that each new version of Windoze is a "must have" purchase, because
newer is always better - the emperor's new clothes are always woven from
the finest, most expensive threads.  The AM/AV industry has similarly
ingrained themselves into the consciousness of PC owners and IT
administrators, and IT budgets grow accordingly, and we are collectively
no closer to computing security than we were back in late 2001 when
XP-SP0 was unleashed on us.

With the institutionalized use of malware by the "security" agencies of
many countries, with back doors intentionally built into Windoze (and
certain vulnerabilities left unpatched for months if not years) it's
clear that the insecurity of Windoze (at least the NT line) and it's
inbred ecosystem (Flash, Acrobat reader, etc) is "by design" and will
continue to be that way, despite all the money spent and the best
efforts (geniune or fake) by the AV/AM software industry.
--- NewsGate v1.0 gamma 2