Jack said:
As I said in the
previous test, Symantec should improve their File Insight technology. How? When a user attempts to run a executable,File Insight should check online the reputation of that file, similar on what Download Insight is doing for the downloaded files.
Exactly... There was a post on the Norton forums about Languys test (and a lot of conspiracy theories...) and people were saying the problem was that it wasn't a real-world test. They said, how many people are going to throw a folder full of malware at a security application?
In the real world, most threats come from the internet, and the internet shield portion of NIS would have detected the threat.
Ummm... Are you serious here folks? The point isn't that someone threw a folder full of malware at the application. The point is that your file scanning portion of your security suite missed something nasty... Why in the world would your net scan pick up something that your file scan wouldn't? If this is indeed the case, and the design methodology of your protection is weighted more towards net attacks than file system based attacks, I would definitely steer clear of Symantec for system protection.
I think file system attacks are every bit as 'real-world' as net based attacks. Are people honestly saying that CD/DVD/USB sticks aren't used anymore?
