> proactive defense is better than reactive defense that is the best real
> life experience we have learned from the past to help prepare for the
> future.
Although it is a Good Idea (tm) to uncover design deficiencies in
current AV products, we never should forget that "antivirus" is *by
definition* a reactive thing and thus cannot protect from unknown
threats. If we wanted to have a *really* proactive approach, we would
have to either ask for OS capabilities to efficiently compart
(malicious) code or for the software manufacturers to take damn care
when using low-level languages and introduce efficient patching
mechanisms at last.
> proactive defense is better than reactive defense that is the best real
> life experience we have learned from the past to help prepare for the
> future.
Although it is a Good Idea (tm) to uncover design deficiencies in
current AV products, we never should forget that "antivirus" is *by
definition* a reactive thing and thus cannot protect from unknown
threats. If we wanted to have a *really* proactive approach, we would
have to either ask for OS capabilities to efficiently compart
(malicious) code or for the software manufacturers to take damn care
when using low-level languages and introduce efficient patching
mechanisms at last.
Regards,
Denis Jedig
syneticon networks GbR
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