More antimalware tests

[Humpty]

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As a first step towards clarification I decided earlier this year to carry out a series of tests on home computer security programs. The first of these, reported here, is on signature based security products, the most widely deployed of all home computer security programs.

 

This class of security product based products includes anti-virus, anti-trojan and anti-spyware scanners.

 

Link to tests

 

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Second, it seems to me that virtualization techniques such as those used by VMWare, Sandboxie and several other products may offer the best option for preventing infection.

 

Certainly the layering of defenses using multiple products is another option but I suspect the cost in terms of complexity, user confusion and processing overhead may make this a less attractive option that protecting the host PC through virtualization.