What happens when viruses use vulnerabilities inside of whitelisted applications to tunnel past your firewall and a/v? They already do it with IE and svchost frequently.
One needs a virus scanner with strong "heuristic" scanning which uses algorithms to detect malware "in the wild". Best one I know of is Nod32 from Eset.
Unlike definition based scanners you don't need to wait for the a/v company to analyse the virus before they can catch it. (and yes, keep those firewalls running)
Discussion on:
Message 4 of 1
IBM Sponsored Resources
Resources from our Sponsor
- Oracle Exadata vs IBM: Netezza Compared
- Forrester TEI Report
- CIA Whitepaper
- Harnessing the Power of Advanced Analytics
- Tapping into Unleashed Business Potential with Advanced Analytics
- Unlock Analytic Performance with Revolution R for Enterprise and IBM: Netezza Data Warehouse Appliance
The best of ZDNet, delivered
ZDNet Newsletters
Get the best of ZDNet delivered straight to your inbox
