AntiVirus’ Ineffectiveness Described is this week's meaning for the AVID acronym. I've written a white paper, funded by one of the AVID heroes, Bit9, which tells the story of the abject failure of AntiVirus software. It documents everything that came to mind as I was writing it, including just about everything that I have posted on this blog. The white paper ends by describing the Bit9 solution to malware, giving you a detailed technical picture of how malware can be stopped without paying any money at all to the AV companies which are, as you may have gathered, incapable of protecting you effectively.

You can get a copy of the paper by going to the Bit9 web site (www.bit9.com) or by downloading it here (see link top right of this post). If you are in the position of understanding the ineffectiveness of AV software and you need ammunition to convince management that there is another more effective and far less expensive way to deal with the problem, this paper is for you. It was written for you.

However, it is not the last word and this is not, by any means, the last AVID posting. I have resolved to help cure the IT industry of the virus pestilence and I will not stop writing about the fact that it has been using the wrong technical approach to stop malware for the best part of two decades—not until the technology that will stop the problem is installed in most IT sites and on most home computers.

Such technology comes from these companies; SecureWave, AppSense, Bit9 and Savant Protection. There are four such companies at the moment, although a fifth has just come on to my radar. I'll have to investigate it before I include it in my list of effective Anti-Malware companies.

The drum beat is getting louder.