Comments on: Survey: IT Admins Not Confident All Their Computers Are Free of Malware [INFOGRAPHIC] http://www.gfi.com/blog/survey-it-admins-not-confident-all-their-computers-are-free-of-malware-infographic/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=survey-it-admins-not-confident-all-their-computers-are-free-of-malware-infographic Brought to you by GFI Software Fri, 13 Sep 2013 13:27:20 +0000 hourly 1 By: Michael Mills http://www.gfi.com/blog/survey-it-admins-not-confident-all-their-computers-are-free-of-malware-infographic/comment-page-1/#comment-38246 Michael Mills Thu, 16 Aug 2012 19:00:14 +0000 http://www.gfi.com/blog/?p=9015#comment-38246 The platform is irrelevant. Penetration and coverage is. When a platform gets popular and has greater coverage, they are a more tempting target to developers whether those developers are making Business Suite software or trojans.
By switching platforms, you merely put off the inevitable. It is best to have an answer that doesn’t rely on definitions (which is a losing game). What is needed is Anti-malware software based on what is GOOD. Allow only that which is defined as good to run. This will take more effort initially to define what is good, but ultimately, you have fewer people writing variations of legitimate software than you do variations of viruses.

]]> By: Dave Lum http://www.gfi.com/blog/survey-it-admins-not-confident-all-their-computers-are-free-of-malware-infographic/comment-page-1/#comment-38244 Dave Lum Thu, 16 Aug 2012 16:47:57 +0000 http://www.gfi.com/blog/?p=9015#comment-38244 Sure, until Desktop Linux gets more than 10% market share. Malware will follow market share, MacOS is a perfect example as it’s getting targeted now as well. Also, those > 51% aren’t being efficient. I manage 600+ machines and spend 0 time manually updating AV software.

]]> By: Andrew Stringer http://www.gfi.com/blog/survey-it-admins-not-confident-all-their-computers-are-free-of-malware-infographic/comment-page-1/#comment-37917 Andrew Stringer Thu, 26 Jul 2012 09:27:30 +0000 http://www.gfi.com/blog/?p=9015#comment-37917 > 51% of IT professionals spend at least 10 hours per month manually updating antivirus software

The curse of windows again, it is really time we looked a bit wider and realised that better solutions exist.
Desktop Linux has matured to the point it is far more usable than windows.
Let’s have a change.

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