Friday, July 13, 2007

Anti-virus software: Chinese vs. Russian

Looks like two anti-virus vendors are attacking each other:

http://www.networkworld.com/news/2007/071207-update-gloves-come-off-in.html?nlhtsec=0709securityalert5&

There are other options developed in the US.

Kapersky itself was embedded into a piece of malware that removed other malware from computers so who knows what is the underlying cause of all this.

This article makes it sound like you have a choice between one or the other - you don't. There are other vendors that have been doing this longer in the US.