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I've read and heard that some of these anti-virus programs bog down memory resources more than they're worth, and additionally that some of them are possibly created by virus makers themselves as a way to always stay one step ahead of the end user. It seems this is especially true of Norton/Symantec-
Eric Chien, chief researcher at Symantec's antivirus research lab, said that provided a hypothetical keystroke logging tool was used only by the FBI, then Symantec would avoid updating its antivirus tools to detect such a Trojan. The security firm is yet to hear back from the FBI on its enquiries about Magic Lantern but it already has a policy on the matter.
"If it was under the control of the FBI, with appropriate technical safeguards in place to prevent possible misuse, and nobody else used it - we wouldn't detect it," said Chien. "However we would detect modified versions that might be used by hackers."
http://cryptome.org/fbi-dirt.htm
It would seem an OS firewall/browser security combo would be enough, as long as you're not going to shady sites.
Also having a good spyware program like Spybot or SUPERAntiSpyware and running that as a routine check does a more thorough and efficient job of keeping your system clean. They seem to catch a lot more of the crud than any anti-virus program I've ever used.
Post up your opinions.
Eric Chien, chief researcher at Symantec's antivirus research lab, said that provided a hypothetical keystroke logging tool was used only by the FBI, then Symantec would avoid updating its antivirus tools to detect such a Trojan. The security firm is yet to hear back from the FBI on its enquiries about Magic Lantern but it already has a policy on the matter.
"If it was under the control of the FBI, with appropriate technical safeguards in place to prevent possible misuse, and nobody else used it - we wouldn't detect it," said Chien. "However we would detect modified versions that might be used by hackers."
http://cryptome.org/fbi-dirt.htm
It would seem an OS firewall/browser security combo would be enough, as long as you're not going to shady sites.
Also having a good spyware program like Spybot or SUPERAntiSpyware and running that as a routine check does a more thorough and efficient job of keeping your system clean. They seem to catch a lot more of the crud than any anti-virus program I've ever used.
Post up your opinions.
Not everyone has this problem but he seems to find a way...
