Andy Walker wrote:
> Jackson wrote:
>
>> AVG must issue ten or so updates per week. Why are there so many? Is
>> it because of new malware being written for Vista?
>
> I don't think Vista is that big of a target *yet*. Someone recently
> posted an article to this group with the following quote, which pretty
> much sums up the reason you are seeing so many updates.
>
> "F-Secure highlighted the deluge of nefarious software claiming it can
> receive over 40,000 tainted file submissions some days. "How can we
> deal with this avalanche," said F-Secure chief research officer Mikko
> Hypponen."
>
>> What sort of warped mind would want to create malware? That's not a
>> real question, just a mild rant. I don't really expect an answer.
>
> For the most part it's criminals seeking to make a profit by stealing
> the use of your pc and its internet connection. Spammers, phisher,
> corporate espionage, etc... Where there's easy money to be made,
> albeit illegally, there will always be people willing to go after it.


Jeanette Wrote:
The more updates the better, they say Kaspersky one of the highest rated
anti virus sometimes has more then one update a day.