Re: Zone Alarm (Freeware-) stopped reporting intrustions..

kingthorin@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
No, it's not the same thing. AV software is supposed to detect known
malware patterns and block access to files where it detects them. That
it can do reliably.
So because it doesn't protect you from unknown attacks "you can't rely
on it it doesn't count as a security measure."

Anti Virus software does not protect from viruses. You may not rely on
it.

Anti Virus software does filter out already known viruses. You may rely
on it.

"Personal Firewalls" don't prevent malware from "phoning home", which is
already running on a machine. You cannot rely on it.

"Personal Firewalls" prevent legal software from doing online software
updates. You can rely on it.

Yours,
VB.
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