Trend Micro: Antivirus Industry Lied for 20 Years

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jul 16, 2008

[ Thanks to Jose_X
for this link. ]

“Every year there’s a new industry buzzword, but they
always fail. Heuristics use a rule to inspect the file, but virus
writers know this. They split the complete malicious program into
different files, and download each file to test it against the
heuristic rule. Each file looks innocent but, when combined, they
become a virus.”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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