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Rumours of anti-virus software's death are exaggerated. It still packs a punch, as Jessica Twentyman explains.
In recent years, a growing chorus of industry analysts has boldly predicted the imminent death of traditional anti-virus technologies. Their argument is that by relying on signature-checking to detect and eradicate pernicious code, the anti-virus suppliers can't keep up with the flood of viruses, Trojans, bots, zombies, spyware, spam and blended malware constantly released onto computer networks by the criminal underworld.
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