{"id":33307,"date":"2012-06-11T19:50:46","date_gmt":"2012-06-11T19:50:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/?p=33307"},"modified":"2012-06-12T03:30:07","modified_gmt":"2012-06-12T03:30:07","slug":"anti-virus-software-is-missing-the-worst","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/anti-virus-software-is-missing-the-worst\/","title":{"rendered":"Anti-Virus software is missing the worst"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/flame.jpg\" alt=\"anti-virus software is missing the worst\" title=\"anti-virus software is missing the worst\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-33388\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In an ARS Technica post dated <a href=\"http:\/\/arstechnica.com\/security\/2012\/06\/why-antivirus-companies-like-mine-failed-to-catch-flame-and-stuxnet\/\" target=\"_blank\">June 6, 2012<\/a> Mikko Hypponen, the chief research officer for security software company F Secure &#8211; admits that conventional consumer anti-virus software missed the 2 massive Flame &#038; Stuxnet computer viruses that now have the world on edge.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The truth is, consumer-grade antivirus products can\u2019t protect against targeted malware created by well-resourced nation-states with bulging budgets. They can protect you against run-of-the-mill malware: banking trojans, keystroke loggers, and e-mail worms. But targeted attacks like these go to great lengths to avoid antivirus products on purpose.<\/p>\n<p>Flame was a failure for the antivirus industry. We really should have been able to do better. But we didn\u2019t. We were out of our league, in our own game. &#8212;<strong>Mikko Hypponen is the Chief Research Officer of F-Secure<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>What is Flame? <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A massive 20 MB virus &#8211; that went without detection for over 5 years &#8211; until discovered in 2012.<\/p>\n<p><iframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FG14Prfn5LI?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Flame has only discovered a few hundred computers infected by the malware.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s not that big.<\/p>\n<p>Certainly, it&#8217;s pretty insignificant when you compare it to the 600,000 Mac computers which were infected by the Flashback malware earlier this year. &#8212;<a href=\"http:\/\/nakedsecurity.sophos.com\/2012\/05\/29\/flame-malware-the-biggest-the-baddest-a-little-perspective\/\" target=\"_blank\">nakedsecurity.com<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>What is Stuxnet?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A computer worm that infected tens of thousands of PCs in 155 countries during 2010 &#8211; most notably it was used to &#8220;vandalize an Iranian nuclear site&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><iframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7g0pi4J8auQ?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>TechTalk Notes:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/culture\/features\/2011\/04\/stuxnet-201104\" title=\"A Declaration of Cyber-War - Vanity Fair 2011\" target=\"_blank\">A Declaration of Cyber-War &#8211; Vanity Fair 2011<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pcworld.com\/article\/256508\/the_flame_virus_your_faqs_answered.html\" title=\"Flame FAQs - PC World 2012\" target=\"_blank\">Flame FAQs &#8211; PC World 2012<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/techtalk.pcpitstop.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/flame.jpg\" alt=\"anti-virus software is missing the worst\" title=\"anti-virus software is 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