Is NIS "Dangerous to Use"?

In another thread, sturgess asks a key question:

Is NIS "broken"?

 

Here's a question for long-time forum users:

when was the last time that you saw _so many_ trojan/rootkit posts in this forum?

 

Before the usual apologists can make their non-technical, subjective (not objective) posts, look at the objective facts.

 

 

Trojan and rootkit related threads in other AV vendor forums:

 

AVG 2012 Home

2 of 31

 

Kaspersky Internet Security & Anti-Virus

1 of 53

 

Avast Free/Pro/Suite

0 of 45

 

Avira AV Premium and Internet Security

0 of 59

 

ESET NOD32 AV

0 of 50

 

MalwareBytes General

2 of 55

 

Grand Total:  5 out of 295, or 2%

 

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This forum, Norton Internet Security/AV

45 of 59

 

Total: 45 out of 59, or _76%_!

 

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The above does not count the pinned threads (usually posted by moderators) or moved threads.

 

The figures were as of the date/time that I looked at those forums.

 

More than three-quarters of all the (current) threads in _this_ forum are about trojans/rootkits!

 

History says that time after time when major corporations have a disaster on their hands, the ones that stonewall, deny, and provide no response are -- in the long run -- the ones with the worst long-term outcomes.

 

Symantec needs to be forthcoming to their customers instead of stonewalling.  Some useful information please.

 

Symantec did not participate in the AV-Comparatives tests earlier this year.

 

Their stated "reason" was that they refused to participate in the File Detection Test.

 

Is a trojan or rootkit a "file"?

 

Was it just a coincidence that they did not participate in the tests? 

Or did they know what the result would be.