What new type of viruses are looming ahead?
The complexity of the Win32 viruses and worms. If you look at the most recent WildList, it s primarily Win32 type viruses. They’re being developed in sophisticated environments like C++ and Visual Basic. This is the trend that will probably continue. These are the ones that will be polymorphic, making them harder to detect. It makes more work for the antivirus industry. Q: What new antivirus technology are you the most excited about? Viruses come via email. It’s critical not to let them into the enterprise to spread. Gateway products are going to be key. Any single entry point, like a firewall to protect your enterprise from the outside world, is the gate to your city. That’s where you have to put your security. Q: What are companies not doing, but should be doing, to protect themselves from viruses? Only 85% of all corporations have antivirus software in place. It’s amazing to me that people don’t have antivirus software. And even when they have it, it goes out of date so quickly. The
