Malware Threat Reports Are "Apples and Oranges"

Ant writes "The December malware threat reports are trickling in from vendors — and they all appear to be different. Fortinet, Sunbelt Software, and Kaspersky all published their lists of the most prevalent malware strains for the last month of 2009, but they didn't match up, leading to an admission that users will inevitably be confused by the results. Not only do the various security companies use different names for the threats they identify; they don't even identify the same threats."

Re:Wow!

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Sure you can. How do you think I managed to get first post? But my comment was not visible for 10 minutes. It was visible for 8 seconds between the time I posted it and the time I read his reply. Not long enough. This fine article, as of the time I clicked reply, still doesn't have a second thread under it. He's a script.

I'm just bragging

[The End Of Days]

28 years of computing on networks, zero instances of malware. I feel special.

Running multiple products

[DodgeRules]

Not only do the various security companies use different names for the threats they identify; they don't even identify the same threats.

This is why I have to run 6 different scanners: because there isn't one that detects all the threats. I currently run 2 antivirus programs along with SpyBot, SuperAntiSpyware, Windows Defender, and Malwarebyte's Anti-Malware.

Apples and Oranges - A Comparison

[scapermoya]

one of my favorite papers ever: Apples and Oranges: A Comparison [theamericanview.com]

I use Antivirus 2009

[Anonymous Coward]

It stops attacks all the time. It's very good.