Is it me, or I am the only one who thinks that AV in general is a waste
of time, yeah it'll get the known stuff... But I'm more worried about
the unknown things. I don't think AV Is worth anything, we have 2
different types and they stop some stuff, but not everything. And AV on
mac, in my opinion, is just for those who don't know what they're doing.

Once there's a major flaw, that's being exploited by most websites, I'll
worry... But even then, I doubt it. I don't want to get into a debate
over Mac OS and virus software, it's just my opinion.

I don't even run AV on my personal Windows computers (which are
dwindling in numbers). I think it's more about behavior than anything
else.

Wayne

-----Original Message-----
From: listbounce (at) securityfocus (dot) com [email concealed] [mailto:listbounce (at) securityfocus (dot) com [email concealed]]
On Behalf Of David Harley
Sent: Friday, August 10, 2007 3:54 PM
To: focus-apple (at) securityfocus (dot) com [email concealed]
Subject: RE: ClamXav for OS X 10.4

> Test results posted this week say Clamav is one of only three
> products that detected 100% of a suite of (known!) viruses.
> Given that these were known threats, less than 100%
> performance seems unacceptable.

You're making a lot of assumptions about the validity of that test, and
from what I've seen of it so far, those assumptions are not justified.

--
David Harley
http://www.smallblue-greenworld.co.uk

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