Dark Reading - Evil Bytes: You're Not Paranoid, Your Antivirus Just Doesn't Work Well

Myth #2 of the "The Five Most Dangerous Security Myths" by PC World's Erik Larkin popped up in my inbox from a family member this morning. The second myth is, "Sure, the Web is today's Wild West, with digital guns blazing and no sheriff in sight. But as long as you use a good antivirus program, you're completely safe, right?":
http://www.pcworld.com/article/156375/the_five_most_dangerous_security_myths_myth_2.html

by John Sawyer
Jan 7, 2009

The timing of this email was an odd coincidence because on Monday I had been helping a user who was misdirected to my phone extension for assistance with installing antivirus (AV) on his laptop. He made a comment similar to the myth and became nervous when I said that the AV wouldn't protect him from everything he encountered when surfing the Web.

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