Symantec : Antivirus It End

From year to year , the war against computer viruses is always the same . Hackers create new variants of viruses are getting smarter and antivirus vendors make the antidote .

Along with the development of technology , Symantec Corp. . The method has been considered not relevant to them again and try to fight computer viruses in a different way .

" Antivirus is finished , " said Brian Dye , Symantec's senior vice president . " We no longer see antivirus product can make money at this time , " he said as quoted by The Wall Street Journal , Tuesday ( 06/05/2014 ) .

Antivirus product is intended to prevent computer hackers from the virus . In the past , virus attacked only through the local storage device or network . Now , viruses are smarter and can attack computers from anywhere .

Not enough antivirus to prevent it. Therefore , Symantec will create a new way of fighting the virus .

Symantec will form a special team to help tackle cyber crime is for business class customers . In the next six months , Symantec will release software that is not only able to detect what is a target for hackers , but also why.

Symantec antivirus applications have made since 1980 . Since then , hackers have also found various ways to break through the security system network .

According to Dye , the current antivirus product can only prevent 45 percent of all the possible attacks that can be done by the hackers .

Today , Symantec is not only becoming busier computer viruses , but also look for suspicious activities that occur as a result of the virus is not detected .

" If consumers switch from preventing became detect and respond , then our revenue will come from software prevention and response , " said Dye .

Symantec Work done as a form of response to the decline in revenue from the sale of antivirus applications . In the first quarter of 2014 financial report , Symantec revenue decreased 5 percent compared to the same period last year .

Meanwhile , companies engaged in the field of cyber security also began to implement new ways of combating viruses and malware . Such as Juniper Networks Inc. . which makes the method so that the virus attacks the specified file . Of course, the file containing the data that is intentionally false artificial mounted on the firewall .