AntiVirus?

[Felipe Alfaro Solana]

On 19 Mar 2005, at 22:06, Mike Hearn wrote:

> On Fri, 18 Mar 2005 20:46:23 -0500, Chuck R. Anderson wrote:
>> AV is the wrong solution to the problem.
>
> Active defence combined with passive defence will always beat purely
> passive defence.

I wouldn't say AV could be considered active defense, but reactive. 
What's more, any AV is totally useless against new or customized 
attacks, much like in medicine. Thus, for me any AV is one of a 
passive/reactive countermeasure.