Originally Posted By: DWallach
I'm trying to decide if this is "proof" that anti-virus software is evil, or whether it's just "proof" that automatic updates, hot off the presses, are evil and you'd do better to wait a few days.

I don't think anti-virus is inherently bad. The problem is it's impossible to train the average computer user to change their behavior, which is the #1 way to protect against infection.

The other problem is that the worst virus I'm seeing around these days, "Antispyware XP 2010" and its variants, isn't seen by any of the major AV programs. The only one I know of is Malwarebytes.
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Matt