A/V Research on Detecting File Infections Was a Waste Time?

This is really interesting reading: invisiblethings’ blog: Tricky Tricks. Joanna Rutkowska says:

So, do I want to say that all those years of A/V research on detecting file infections was a waste time? I’m afraid that is exactly what I want to say here. This is an example of how the security industry took a wrong path, the path that never could lead to an effective and elegant solution. This is an example of how people decided to employ tricks, instead looking for generic, simple and robust solutions.

Security should not be built on tricks and hacks! Security should be built on simple and robust solutions. Oh, and we should always assume that the users are not stupid – building solutions to protect uneducated users will always fail.

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