Bollocks to that!
Symantec says “free antivirus software isn’t able to keep up with full-price suites like those offered by Symantec.” I say Bollocks to that!
Symantec says “free antivirus software isn’t able to keep up with full-price suites like those offered by Symantec.” I say Bollocks to that!
And I do agree with what Symantec says when they say: “there is a very, very big gap between what antivirus does and the threats that are being delivered today.” And thats exactly why CIS has a “Default Deny” technology.
And again I do agree with what Symantec says when they say:
“Don’t get me wrong, antivirus is very important, but it is the last security technology that you want to rely on for protection. It means that you’ve been infected: threat has actually gotten to your machine. So, it is the last layer of defense that you ever want to have activated.
“It is very important, but we would much rather stop the threat from ever getting to your machine, rather than rely on what we call a reactive technology, where the threat has already been delivered to your machine already.” And that’s exactly why Comodo has Prevention as the first line of defense with “Default Deny” technology.
And once more I do agree with what Symantec says when they say:
“If you look how most infections are coming now, they are coming from drive-by download, and while these often do come through the web browser, attackers are not necessarily only targeting the web browser. Think about all the plug-ins you have installed on your machine – RealPlayer, Flash, QuickTime – all of these have vulnerabilities too.”
But I say, once again, Bollocks to what Symantec says when they say:
“That’s why free antivirus is not enough: you need in-depth layered technologies, which only come from the more mature paid suites.”
Bollocking aside 
, Its good to see that Symantec is trying to follow in Comodo’s footstep in trying to introduce layered security products. Although late to the game of Layered Security, I still welcome their initiative.
However just because they haven’t done a free product business model doesn’t mean that others can’t. There were people who claimed, heavier than air vehicles couldn’t fly, claiming free based model can’t offer equivalent and even better security than paid for products is as big of a fallacy as the above claim about flying! Just because you can’t make it work doesn’t mean that others can’t Symantec! Just look at Comodo.
Melih
