IT guru Robin Bloor has thrown down the gauntlet to the antivirus software industry, but the only response he’s received has been the equivalent of one hand clapping. For months now, Bloor, a partner with Hurwitz & Associates, a consulting and research firm in Waltham, Mass., has been preaching about the demise of antivirus software. He’s even cooked up an acronym for it: AVID, for “Anti-Virus Is Dead.” He argues that the reactive approach to malware taken by antivirus software makers is ineffective.
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Reports of Antivirus Death May Be Exaggerated
Posted by: John P. Mello Jr. December 14, 2006 08:56 AMIT guru Robin Bloor has thrown down the gauntlet to the antivirus software industry, but the only response he’s received has been the equivalent of one hand clapping. For months now, Bloor, a partner with Hurwitz & Associates, a consulting and research firm in Waltham, Mass., has been preaching about the demise of antivirus software. He’s even cooked up an acronym for it: AVID, for “Anti-Virus Is Dead.” He argues that the reactive approach to malware taken by antivirus software makers is ineffective.