“Not all AV software are the same” – CompTIA Security+ 2008

Posted By: Sorin Mustaca November 30, 2010

CompTIA Security+ 2008, page 99, Chapter Antivirus

Not all AV software is the same. Free AV software that is available for
download through the Internet will typically only look for viruses in
standard files. However, most commercial AV software will also look
for Trojans, worms, macro viruses, and adware in standard files as well
as in compressed (.ZIP) files.

In which decade are you guys from CompTIA living ?
*Any* AV product looks for those malware in all files.
Maybe you should update the book 😉

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Sorin Mustaca

Sorin Mustaca, (ISC)2 CSSLP, CompTIA Security+ and Project+, is working since year 2000 in the IT Security industry and worked between 2003-2014 for Avira as Product Manager for the known products used by over 100 million users world-wide. Today he is an independent IT Security Consultant focusing on Cybersecurity, secure software development and security for IoT and Automotive. He is also running his personal blog Sorin Mustaca on Cybersecurity and is the author of the free eBook Improve your security .